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    SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT: LIST OF CHURCHES IN TURKEY
    Raffi Bedrosyan

    http://www.armenianweekly.com/2011/08/23/setting-the-record-straight-list-of-churches-in-turkey/
    Aug 23, 2011

    (Armenian Weekly)-The recently appointed Ambassador to Turkey, Francis
    Ricciardone, responding to questions submitted by Senator Robert
    Menendez, has made incorrect claims about churches in Turkey. We
    would like to provide some facts for the Ambassador's attention.

    The St. Gregory The Enlightener (Sourp Krikor Lousavoritch) church is
    Istanbul As the Armenian Weekly readers know from a recent article,
    the approximate number of Armenian churches in Ottoman Turkey prior
    to 1915 stands at 2300, while the number of active Armenian churches
    in Turkey today is 34--28 in Istanbul, 6 in Anatolia. The article
    had further qualified that these numbers only represented Armenian
    Apostolic Churches under the jurisdiction of the Istanbul Armenian
    Patriarchate. When the pre-1915 number of numerous Armenian Catholic,
    Protestant, Evangelical churches are to be added to the 2300 Armenian
    Apostolic churches, plus the Greek churches, plus the Catholic,
    Protestant and Orthodox churches belonging to the various European
    communities in Ottoman Turkey, the number of Christian churches easily
    doubles up. It would take some research to define the exact number of
    the Christian churches prior to 1915; however, it is relatively easier
    to determine the number of active Christian churches in Turkey today.

    The following list gives the Armenian churches still standing in
    Turkey, both in Istanbul and in Anatolia:

    Armenian Apostolic Churches in Turkey

    In Istanbul:

    Christ The King Armenian Church (Kad覺k繹y, Istanbul)

    Church of the Apparition of the Holy Cross (Kuruce癬_me, Istanbul)

    Holy Archangels Armenian Church (Balat, Istanbul)

    Holy Cross Armenian Church (Kartal, Istanbul)

    Holy Cross Armenian Church (Selams覺z, Uskudar, Istanbul)

    Holy Hripsimiants Virgins Armenian Church (Buyukdere, Istanbul)

    Holy Mother-of-God Armenian Apostolic Church (Bak覺rk繹y, Istanbul)

    Holy Mother-of-God Armenian Church (Be癬_ikta癬_, Istanbul)

    Holy Mother-of-God Armenian Church (Eyup, Istanbul)

    Holy Mother-of-God Armenian Church (Ortak繹y, Istanbul)

    Holy Mother-of-God Armenian Church (Yenik繹y, Istanbul)

    Holy Nativity of the Mother-of-God Armenian Church (Bak覺rk繹y,
    Istanbul)

    Holy Resurrection Armenian Church (Kumkap覺, Istanbul)

    Holy Resurrection Armenian Chapel (Taksim, Istanbul)

    Holy Three Youths Armenian Church (Boyac覺k繹y, Istanbul)

    Holy Trinity Armenian Church (Galatasaray, Istanbul)

    Narlikapi Armenian Apostolic Church (Narl覺kap覺, Istanbul)

    St. Elijah The Prophet Armenian Church (Eyup, Istanbul)

    St. John the Baptist Armenian Church (Uskudar)

    St. John The Evangelist Armenian Church (Gedikpa癬_a, Istanbul)

    St. John The Evangelist Armenian Church (Narl覺kap覺, Istanbul)

    St. John The Forerunner Armenian Church (Baglarba癬_覺, Uskudar,
    Istanbul)

    St. George (Sourp Kevork) Armenian Church (Samatya, Istanbul)

    St. Gregory The Enlightener (Sourp Krikor Lousavoritch) (Ghalatya,
    Istanbul)

    St. Gregory The Enlightener (Sourp Krikor Lousavoritch) Armenian Church
    (Kuzguncuk, Istanbul)

    St. Gregory The Enlightener (Sourp Krikor Lousavoritch) Armenian Church
    (Karak繹y, Istanbul)

    St. Gregory The Enlightener (Sourp Krikor Lousavoritch) (K覺nal覺ada,
    Istanbul)

    St. James Armenian Church (Alt覺mermer, Istanbul)

    St. Nicholas Armenian Church (Beykoz, Istanbul)

    St. Nicholas Armenian Church (Topkap覺, Istanbul)

    St. Santoukht Armenian Church (Hisar, Istanbul)

    St. Saviour (Sourp Pergitch) Armenian Chapel (Yedikule, Istanbul)

    St. Sergius Armenian Chapel (Balikli, Istanbul)

    St. Stephen Armenian Church (Karak繹y, Istanbul)

    St. Stephen Armenian Church (Ye癬_ilk繹y, Istanbul)

    St. Takavor Armenian Apostolic Church (Kad覺k繹y, Istanbul)

    Saints Thaddeus and Barholomew Armenian Church (Yenikap覺, Istanbul)

    St. Trinity (Sourp Yerrortutyoun) Church (Pera, Istanbul)

    St. Vartanants Armenian Church (Ferik繹y, Istanbul)

    The Twelve Holy Apostles Armenian Church (Kandilli, Istanbul)

    Of the Armenian Apostolic Churches still standing in Istanbul, only
    28 are active at present, the rest are closed due to lack of clergy
    and/or lack of congregation.

    In Anatolia

    Holy Forty Martyrs of Sebastea Armenian Church (Iskenderun, Hatay)

    Holy Mother-of-God Armenian Church (Vak覺fl覺k繹y, Samandag, Hatay)

    St. George (Sourp Kevork) Armenian Church (Derik, Mardin)

    St. Gregory The Enlightener Armenian Church (Kayseri)

    St. Gregory The Enlightener Armenian Church (K覺r覺khan)

    St. Giragos Armenian Church (Diyarbak覺r) UNDER RECONSTRUCTION

    Armenian Catholic Churches in Turkey

    St. Mary Armenian Catholic Church (Beyoglu, Istanbul).

    St. Jean Chrisostomus Armenian Catholic Church (Taksim, Istanbul)

    St. Leon Armenian Catholic Church (Kad覺koy, Istanbul)

    Assumption Armenian Catholic Church (Buyukada, Istanbul)

    Armenian Catholic Church of Immaculate Conception (Koca Mustafa
    Pa癬_a, Istanbul)

    St. Saviour Armenian Catholic Church (Karak繹y, Istanbul)

    St. Gregory the Illuminator Armenian Catholic Church (Ortak繹y,
    Istanbul)

    St. Paul Armenian Catholic Church (Buyukdere, Istanbul)

    St. John the Baptist Armenian Catholic Church (Yenik繹y, Istanbul)

    Of the Armenian Catholic Churches in Istanbul, only the first four
    are active.

    Armenian Evangelical/Protestant Churches in Turkey

    Armenian Evangelical Church (Pera, Istanbul)

    Armenian Evangelical Church (Gedik Pa癬_a, Istanbul)

    Until recently, the Armenian Church Foundations and the Istanbul
    Armenian Patriarchate had great difficulty to preserve or to protect
    the church buildings and schools under their jurisdiction; there would
    be no permission from the government to carry out minor repairs or even
    paint the deteriorating church and school buildings. But there has been
    an improvement with the present government, which has restored the Holy
    Cross Church on Akhtamar Island on Van Lake, albeit as a state museum,
    and has given permission to the repair and reconstruction of a few
    historic churches, most notably the Surp Giragos Church in Diyarbakir.

    To provide a complete picture of churches in Turkey today, we present
    below a lists of non-Armenian churches:

    Greek Orthodox Churches

    Fener Greek Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarchate, Fener

    Panagia Mugliotissa, H.Georgios Poteras, Fener

    Aya Irini, Topkap覺

    Aya Yorgi, Buyukada

    Hagios Poliektus, Topkap覺

    Havariyyun, Fatih

    Kanli, Fatih

    Nikolaos, Ayakap覺

    Kyriaaki, Kumkap覺

    Panagia Elpida, Kumkap覺

    Theodoros, Yenikap覺

    Panagiea, Alt覺mermer

    Menas,

    Georgios,

    Khristos Analepsisi,

    Nikolaos,

    Konstantinos,

    Helene, Samatya

    Panagia, Belgradkap覺

    Nikolaos, Topkap覺

    Demetrios, Sarma癬_覺k

    Georgios, Edirnekap覺

    Panagia, Salmatomruk

    Panagia Hanceriotissa, Tekfursaray覺

    Panagia Suda, Egrikap覺

    Panagia Blakherna, Demetios Kananou, Ayvansaray

    Panagia Balinu, Taksiartes, Balat

    Hpasaskave, Hask繹y

    Konstantinos ve Helene, Beyoglu

    Panagia, Galatasaray

    Trias, Taksim

    Panagia Evangelistria, Dolapdere

    Demetrios, Athanisios, Kurtulu癬_

    Dodeka Apostoloi, Ferik繹y

    Hristos Metamorphosisi, 癬^i癬_li

    Panagia, Be癬_ikta癬_

    Phokos, Ortak繹y

    Demetrios, 襤oannes Prodromos, Kuruce癬_me

    Taksiarkhes, Propethes Elias, Arnavutk繹y

    Khralamsok, Bebek

    Panagia Evangelistira, Boyac覺k繹y

    Taksiarkhes, 襤stinye

    Nikolaos, Panagia, Yenik繹y

    Panagia Pege, Silivrikap覺

    Nikolaos, Georgios, Khristos, Buyukada

    Trias, Hsypridon, Khristos, Heybeliada

    Georgios, Khristos, Burgazada

    Khrasitos, K覺nal覺ada

    Heuphemia, Trias (Aya Triada), Kad覺k繹y

    Hioannes Khrysostomos, Kalam覺癬_

    Georgios, Yeldegirmeni

    Prophetes Elias, Uskudar

    Pantelemion, Georgios, Kuzguncuk

    Georgios, Cengelk繹y

    Hristos Metamorphosis, Kandilli

    Konstantinos ve Helene, Pa癬_abahce

    Paraskeve, Beykoz

    Paraskeve, Konstantinos, Tarabya

    Paraskeve, Buyukdere

    襤oannes Prodromos, Yenimahalle

    Georgios, Khristos Analepsis, Bak覺rk繹y

    Stephanos, Ye癬_ilk繹y

    Demetrios, Panagia, Prophetes Elias, Buyukada

    Nikolaos, Prophetes Elias, Heybeliada

    襤oannes Prodromos, Burgazada

    Panagia, K覺nal覺ada

    Georgios Metokhi, Fener

    Georgios Metokhi, Yenik繹y

    Georgios Metokhi, Heybeliada

    襤oannes Prodromos Methokhi, Balat

    Panagia Kaphatiane, Hnikolaos, 襤oannes Prodromos, Galata

    Bal覺kl覺 Hagia Kharalampos, Silivrikap覺

    Haigoi Anargiroi, Silivrikap覺

    Hristos Genesis, Arnavutk繹y

    Although these Greek churches are still standing, very few are still
    active as there are virtually no Greeks left in Turkey. Last census
    numbers indicate a population of less than 2000, which means there
    are about twenty Greeks left for each Greek church in Turkey.

    European Catholic Churches

    Saint Benoit (French), Galata

    Saint Esprit (French), Beyoglu

    Saint Antoine(French), Beyoglu

    Santa Maria (襤talian), Tunel

    Sankt Georg (Austria), Karak繹y

    Saint Pierre et Saint Paul (French), Galata

    Notre Dame de l'Assumption (French), Moda

    St Augustine (French), Fenerbahce

    Czestochova Meryem Ana (Polish), Polonezk繹y Anglican Churches

    English Consulate Anglican Chapel, Galatasaray

    Kirim Anglican Church, Beyoglu

    Pera Resurrection Church- Aynal覺ce癬_me Beyoglu

    All Saints Anglican-Presbyterien, Moda Protestant Churches

    German Protestant Church, Tarlaba癬_覺, Beyoglu

    Netherlands Consulate Dutch Chapel, Beyoglu

    Swedish Lutheran, Tunel

    Istanbul Nehir Pentecostal, Harbiye

    襤stanbul Alt覺ntepe Protestant, Alt覺ntepe Other Orthodox Churches

    Russian Orthodox, Galata

    Sveti Stefan Bulgarian Orthodox, Balat

    In recent years, a few Christian churches have been created in resort
    areas such as Antalya and Bodrum, frequented by European retirees,
    but these are not recorded.

    When responding to Senator Menendez's questions, perhaps the Ambassador
    only relied on information provided by Turkish government sources,
    which could sometimes be unreliable on issues related to "past history"
    or to present concerns such as Christian missionary activities. One
    remarkable example of this is a January 2007 dated Turkish Security
    General Directorate circular, which indicated that while there
    were 77,777 mosques in Turkey at the end of 2006, the number of
    non-Moslem religious institutions had climbed to 373. The circular
    expressed concern that this number had increased greatly from 273
    in 2005, mostly due to illegal missionary activities of Protestant
    Christians. Of the 373 recorded religious institutions, 321 were
    Christian churches, including 90 Greek Orthodox (75 in Istanbul),
    55 Armenian (48 in Istanbul), 60 Assyrian, 3 Chaldean, 4 Bulgarian,
    1 Arabic Orthodox, 53 Christian churches for foreigners and 52 illegal
    Protestant Missionary churches. In addition, 36 Jewish Synagogues,
    9 Jehovahs Witness temples were recorded. Interestingly, there were
    more than 900 "gathering centres" (cemevi) recorded for Alewites as
    cultural centres, since they are not recognized as belonging to an
    official religion.

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