Grandma Ester was born circa 1880, in Istanbul, Turkey, to Sara and Avraham Albukrek. She had a brother (Simha) and a sister (Yocheved).

She married Grandpa Aaron Arav, circa 1900.

Ester and Aaron Arav

They had six children: Itzhak-Isaac, Avraham, Sara, Yehuda (my father), Lea and Fanny.

Grandpa and Grandma lived in the Jewish neighbourhood in Ankara, in Yahudi Mahallesi, Kargı Sokak. Their house had two stories, a basement in which they kept preserved food in a cold ambient and a small yard. Grandpa and Grandma lived on the first floor. On the second floor lived Eliya Arav (Grandpa's brother) and his wife, Leona.

In 1934, Grandpa and his family adopted a new family name: Aglamaz (a word in Turkish).

New family name in Turkish: In 1934, Turkey issued the "Surnames Law". According to this law, all families had to get a family name in Turkish language. Consequently, Jewish families too had to accept new family names, in Turkish. The new family name Grandpa's family received was AGLAMAZ.

Children of Ester and Aaron Arav

From left: Yehuda, Lea, Avraham, Sara, Isaac, Fanny

Grandma Ester passed away after a short illness (kind of infection in her arm), on October 11, 1935, (eve of Sukkot), in Ankara.

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