Why was cosmopolitan Istanbul so threatening to Turkish identity?

“I cried when I saw a Shabbat candle lit in a Turkish prison,” said a 78-year-old Jewish-Turkish woman who has lived in California for the last three decades. “It turned my head around because I was thinking it is Friday night in Istanbul, and the Israeli couple accused of spying have to spend the Shabbat in prison. 'Kayadez' is the one Ladino word every Jew in Turkey knows. It means discretion; we are told to keep low-profile by our elders for our own good.”

The Netflix period drama "The Club" has generated a lot of chatter among academics, art lovers, minorities and diaspora.