In Istanbul, this Sunday, October 8, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan inaugurated a church, the very first church built under the Republic of Turkey, which will soon celebrate its centenary. It is a Syriac Orthodox church, a community whose size has shrunk dramatically over the last century, like all non-Muslim minorities under the Republic. The opening of this church financed by donations, with state authorization and on municipal land, is as rare as it is symbolic.
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Türkiye: President Erdogan inaugurates a Syriac church in Istanbul
