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There are hundreds of Armenian churches in Turkey, the majority of which are either in ruins or are being used for other purposes. Armenian churches still in active use belonging to various denominations, mainly Armenian Apostolic, but also Armenian Catholic and Armenian Evangelical Protestant. [1]
The eastern part of the current territory of the Republic of Turkey is part of the ancestral homeland of the Armenians. [4] Along with the Armenian population, during and after the Armenian genocide the Armenian cultural heritage was targeted for destruction by the Turkish government. Of the several thousand churches and monasteries (usually ...
The Cathedral of the Holy Cross (Armenian: Սուրբ Խաչ եկեղեցի, romanized: Surp Khachʿ egeghetsʿi, Turkish: Akdamar Kilisesi or Surp Haç Kilisesi) on Aghtamar Island, in Lake Van in eastern Turkey, is a medieval Armenian Apostolic cathedral, built as a palatine church for the kings of Vaspurakan and later serving as the seat of the Catholicosate of Aghtamar.
The Church of St. Giragos ( Saint Cyricus) [1] or Surp Giragos Church [2] [3] is a historic Armenian Apostolic church in Diyarbakır, Turkey. It is the largest Armenian church in the Middle East. [4] [5] [6] : 214 The church was confiscated by the Turkish government in 2016. [5] The church was re-opened to the public on May 7, 2022, after ...
Completed. 1887. Saint George of Samatya or Surp Kevork ( Armenian: Սամաթիոյ Սուրբ Գէորգ Եկեղեցի; Turkish name: Sulu Manastır, meaning: "Water Monastery") is an Armenian church in Istanbul, Turkey . The edifice, built between 1866 and 1887, has been erected above the substructure of a Byzantine church and monastery ...
t. e. Armenians in Turkey ( Turkish: Türkiye Ermenileri; Armenian: Թուրքահայեր or Թրքահայեր, T’urk’ahayer lit. 'Turkish Armenians' ), one of the indigenous peoples of Turkey, have an estimated population of 50,000 to 70,000, [5] down from a population of over 2 million Armenians between the years 1914 and 1921.
Three-nave basilica with dome. Style. Armenian. Groundbreaking. 631. Completed. 639. The Cathedral of Mren is a 7th-century Armenian church in an abandoned medieval town site called Mren. It is located in the Kars region of Turkey, near the border with Armenia, about 1.5 km west of the Akhurian River .
Ani ( Armenian: Անի; Greek: Ἄνιον, Ánion; [ 3] Latin: Abnicum; [ 4][ 5] Turkish: Anı) [ 6] is a ruined medieval Armenian [ 7] city now situated in Turkey 's province of Kars, next to the closed border with Armenia . Between 961 and 1045, it was the capital of the Bagratid Armenian kingdom that covered much of present-day Armenia and ...