The Christian churches in Turkey that have been turned into mosques

[Sally]

This certainly is a show of disrespect to the Christians living there. Turkey had many, many Christians living there at one time. Don't forget that Istanbul was once Constantinople.


87 9 Google +0 0 2 101

The Christian churches in Turkey that have been turned into mosques is the subject of an interesting report in the Assyrian International News Agency.

As Christians in Turkey have dwindled down into a tiny minority, the remaining follow the same path.

The Hagia Sophia was one of the many historic Orthodox churches located in the city of Trabzon. The church was first converted to a mosque during the Ottoman rule. In 1964, it was turned into a museum. Since 2013, however, it was converted into a mosque again.

Christian symbols in the church have been damaged or destroyed. Nails have been pounded into the walls in order to hang curtains inside the new “mosque” to create a separate section for women. The frescos on the ceiling have been veiled with wooden structures and the mosaics on the floors have been covered with carpets. Some walls have been painted green.

Trabzon is located in the ancient land of Pontos, in the Black Sea part of Turkey. The first Greek settlements appeared in the region as early as 800 BC. Renowned Greek philosopher Diogenes was born and raised in Pontos, which means “sea” in Greek.

The region is also central to the Christian faith. The Pontic (Pontian) people were some of the very first converts to Christianity. Trabzon had its own bishop as early as the First Council of Nicaea in 325 AD.

- See more at:

Why Turkey's Historic Churches Are Being Turned Into Mosques | Greek Reporter Europe

 

[aris2chat]

and churches in egypt are being set on fire.

It is a jihad on christians

 

[Roudy]

It's what Islam does. Destroys the religion, culture, and language of the inhabitants they invade, rape, and loot.

 

[montelatici]

The Turks weren't Muslims. They became Muslim after defeating the Arabs. You are such a tool.

 

[Coyote]

This certainly is a show of disrespect to the Christians living there. Turkey had many, many Christians living there at one time. Don't forget that Istanbul was once Constantinople.


87 9 Google +0 0 2 101

The Christian churches in Turkey that have been turned into mosques is the subject of an interesting report in the Assyrian International News Agency.

As Christians in Turkey have dwindled down into a tiny minority, the remaining follow the same path.

The Hagia Sophia was one of the many historic Orthodox churches located in the city of Trabzon. The church was first converted to a mosque during the Ottoman rule. In 1964, it was turned into a museum. Since 2013, however, it was converted into a mosque again.

Christian symbols in the church have been damaged or destroyed. Nails have been pounded into the walls in order to hang curtains inside the new “mosque” to create a separate section for women. The frescos on the ceiling have been veiled with wooden structures and the mosaics on the floors have been covered with carpets. Some walls have been painted green.

Trabzon is located in the ancient land of Pontos, in the Black Sea part of Turkey. The first Greek settlements appeared in the region as early as 800 BC. Renowned Greek philosopher Diogenes was born and raised in Pontos, which means “sea” in Greek.

The region is also central to the Christian faith. The Pontic (Pontian) people were some of the very first converts to Christianity. Trabzon had its own bishop as early as the First Council of Nicaea in 325 AD.

- See more at:

Why Turkey's Historic Churches Are Being Turned Into Mosques | Greek Reporter Europe

It's not unique to Islam...why is that ignored?

Christianized sites - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Sally]

This certainly is a show of disrespect to the Christians living there. Turkey had many, many Christians living there at one time. Don't forget that Istanbul was once Constantinople.


87 9 Google +0 0 2 101

The Christian churches in Turkey that have been turned into mosques is the subject of an interesting report in the Assyrian International News Agency.

As Christians in Turkey have dwindled down into a tiny minority, the remaining follow the same path.

The Hagia Sophia was one of the many historic Orthodox churches located in the city of Trabzon. The church was first converted to a mosque during the Ottoman rule. In 1964, it was turned into a museum. Since 2013, however, it was converted into a mosque again.

Christian symbols in the church have been damaged or destroyed. Nails have been pounded into the walls in order to hang curtains inside the new “mosque” to create a separate section for women. The frescos on the ceiling have been veiled with wooden structures and the mosaics on the floors have been covered with carpets. Some walls have been painted green.

Trabzon is located in the ancient land of Pontos, in the Black Sea part of Turkey. The first Greek settlements appeared in the region as early as 800 BC. Renowned Greek philosopher Diogenes was born and raised in Pontos, which means “sea” in Greek.

The region is also central to the Christian faith. The Pontic (Pontian) people were some of the very first converts to Christianity. Trabzon had its own bishop as early as the First Council of Nicaea in 325 AD.

- See more at:

Why Turkey's Historic Churches Are Being Turned Into Mosques | Greek Reporter Europe

It's not unique to Islam...why is that ignored?

Christianized sites - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

You really are a hoot. This is happening in modern times, and you apparently close your eyes to it. Don't you think that Christians, such as the Armenians, in Turkey are very upset about this. Apparently you have no problem with what they are going through. Perhaps you can find some Armenians in your city and ask them how they feel about what is going on in Turkey.

If you want to go far back, tell us about how the Muslims invaded countries in the Middle East, and the Christians there (the Chaldeans, the Assyrians, and the Copts) did not stand a chance. And if you want to go far back in India, why not tell us how the Muslim invaders destroyed Hindu temples and built mosques on the land. If you spend the time researching (although it would be of no interest to you because you are too busy defending your "friends"), you would find a site by a Hindu listing all the destroyed Hindu temples on whose sites mosques were built.

No one is denying that practitioners of all religious at one time or other weren't very tolerant of others, but tell us why you felt you had to go back in time when the article is about something that happened in the here and now.

 

[Roudy]

The Turks weren't Muslims. They became Muslim after defeating the Arabs. You are such a tool.

I was talking about the history of Islam, not about the Turks, pipewrench.

 

[Coyote]

This certainly is a show of disrespect to the Christians living there. Turkey had many, many Christians living there at one time. Don't forget that Istanbul was once Constantinople.


87 9 Google +0 0 2 101

The Christian churches in Turkey that have been turned into mosques is the subject of an interesting report in the Assyrian International News Agency.

As Christians in Turkey have dwindled down into a tiny minority, the remaining follow the same path.

The Hagia Sophia was one of the many historic Orthodox churches located in the city of Trabzon. The church was first converted to a mosque during the Ottoman rule. In 1964, it was turned into a museum. Since 2013, however, it was converted into a mosque again.

Christian symbols in the church have been damaged or destroyed. Nails have been pounded into the walls in order to hang curtains inside the new “mosque” to create a separate section for women. The frescos on the ceiling have been veiled with wooden structures and the mosaics on the floors have been covered with carpets. Some walls have been painted green.

Trabzon is located in the ancient land of Pontos, in the Black Sea part of Turkey. The first Greek settlements appeared in the region as early as 800 BC. Renowned Greek philosopher Diogenes was born and raised in Pontos, which means “sea” in Greek.

The region is also central to the Christian faith. The Pontic (Pontian) people were some of the very first converts to Christianity. Trabzon had its own bishop as early as the First Council of Nicaea in 325 AD.

- See more at:

Why Turkey's Historic Churches Are Being Turned Into Mosques | Greek Reporter Europe

It's not unique to Islam...why is that ignored?

Christianized sites - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

You really are a hoot. This is happening in modern times, and you apparently close your eyes to it. Don't you think that Christians, such as the Armenians, in Turkey are very upset about this. Apparently you have no problem with what they are going through. Perhaps you can find some Armenians in your city and ask them how they feel about what is going on in Turkey.

If you want to go far back, tell us about how the Muslims invaded countries in the Middle East, and the Christians there (the Chaldeans, the Assyrians, and the Copts) did not stand a chance. And if you want to go far back in India, why not tell us how the Muslim invaders destroyed Hindu temples and built mosques on the land. If you spend the time researching (although it would be of no interest to you because you are too busy defending your "friends"), you would find a site by a Hindu listing all the destroyed Hindu temples on whose sites mosques were built.

No one is denying that practitioners of all religious at one time or other weren't very tolerant of others, but tell us why you felt you had to go back in time when the article is about something that happened in the here and now.

The Hagia Sophia was one of the many historic Orthodox churches located in the city of Trabzon. The church was first converted to a mosque during the Ottoman rule. In 1964, it was turned into a museum. Since 2013, however, it was converted into a mosque again.

​

The Ottoman rule is not a "modern times".

There are also a lot of reasons, beyond religious domination - for religious buildings being converted to other uses or religions. Most frequently - it's demographics - changes in populations, so an area no longer supports a particular church, synogogue or mosque and it's turned to other uses. What I do find sad though, is when a really historic building, is destroyed.

 

[Bleipriester]

This certainly is a show of disrespect to the Christians living there. Turkey had many, many Christians living there at one time. Don't forget that Istanbul was once Constantinople.


87 9 Google +0 0 2 101

The Christian churches in Turkey that have been turned into mosques is the subject of an interesting report in the Assyrian International News Agency.

As Christians in Turkey have dwindled down into a tiny minority, the remaining follow the same path.

The Hagia Sophia was one of the many historic Orthodox churches located in the city of Trabzon. The church was first converted to a mosque during the Ottoman rule. In 1964, it was turned into a museum. Since 2013, however, it was converted into a mosque again.

Christian symbols in the church have been damaged or destroyed. Nails have been pounded into the walls in order to hang curtains inside the new “mosque” to create a separate section for women. The frescos on the ceiling have been veiled with wooden structures and the mosaics on the floors have been covered with carpets. Some walls have been painted green.

Trabzon is located in the ancient land of Pontos, in the Black Sea part of Turkey. The first Greek settlements appeared in the region as early as 800 BC. Renowned Greek philosopher Diogenes was born and raised in Pontos, which means “sea” in Greek.

The region is also central to the Christian faith. The Pontic (Pontian) people were some of the very first converts to Christianity. Trabzon had its own bishop as early as the First Council of Nicaea in 325 AD.

- See more at:

Why Turkey's Historic Churches Are Being Turned Into Mosques | Greek Reporter Europe

It's not unique to Islam...why is that ignored?

Christianized sites - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

You really are a hoot. This is happening in modern times, and you apparently close your eyes to it. Don't you think that Christians, such as the Armenians, in Turkey are very upset about this. Apparently you have no problem with what they are going through. Perhaps you can find some Armenians in your city and ask them how they feel about what is going on in Turkey.

If you want to go far back, tell us about how the Muslims invaded countries in the Middle East, and the Christians there (the Chaldeans, the Assyrians, and the Copts) did not stand a chance. And if you want to go far back in India, why not tell us how the Muslim invaders destroyed Hindu temples and built mosques on the land. If you spend the time researching (although it would be of no interest to you because you are too busy defending your "friends"), you would find a site by a Hindu listing all the destroyed Hindu temples on whose sites mosques were built.

No one is denying that practitioners of all religious at one time or other weren't very tolerant of others, but tell us why you felt you had to go back in time when the article is about something that happened in the here and now.

The Hagia Sophia was one of the many historic Orthodox churches located in the city of Trabzon. The church was first converted to a mosque during the Ottoman rule. In 1964, it was turned into a museum. Since 2013, however, it was converted into a mosque again.

​

The Ottoman rule is not a "modern times".

There are also a lot of reasons, beyond religious domination - for religious buildings being converted to other uses or religions. Most frequently - it's demographics - changes in populations, so an area no longer supports a particular church, synogogue or mosque and it's turned to other uses. What I do find sad though, is when a really historic building, is destroyed.

Lets sum up what you call "demographic change":

On the territory of modern Turkey, the population once consisted of almost 100% Christians. In 1914 Christians constituted 25% of the population. Today, only 0,2 % of the Turkish population are Christians. 100.000 Christians live in Turkey, thereof 85 % in Instanbul. In Turkey, the christianity is persecuted for 1000 years. But there also have been massive persecutions during the last 150 years.

- 1843:
At least 10.000 Christian Armenians and Nestorians were massacred.

- 1894-1896:
50.000 - 80.000 Christian Armenians were massacred.

- 1909:
30.000 Christian Armenians were massacred. The following epidemics killed further 20.000 Christian Armenians.

- 1913:
60.000 and 400.000 Bulgarian Christians were cast out.

- 1915-1917:
300.000 - 1.500.000 Christian Armenians were massacred. Hundred of thousands were deported. Less then 100.000 Christian Armenians lived in Turkey after that.

- 1922-1923:
1.250.000 Greek Orthodox Christians were exchanged with 500.000 Muslims from Greece.
Tens of thousands of Christians were murdered after the conquest of the Greek territory or at the expulsions.

- 1955:
62.000 of 110.000 Greek Orthodox Christians left Turkey after a pogrom.

Christianity today:
- It is forbidden to train Christian priests and religious teachers
- Priets must identify themselves as either diplomats or Turkish.
- Bibles and other Christian literature may not be distributed.
- Christian street festivals and processions are forbidden.
- Christian radio stations get no license.
- It is almost impossible to build a Church.

Known happenings of the last years:
- On 11 March 2006, the Capuchin Henry Leylek was attacked in Mersin by a young man with a knife-
- In 2006, the Italian priest Andrea Santoro was shot by a young Turkish man during the prayer in the church of Trabzon .
- On 18 April 2007, three Protestant Christians in Malatya were tortured and cruelly murdered for their faith. One of them was the German English-teacher Tilmann Geske.
- On 3 June 2010, the chairman of the Turkish bishops conference, Luigi Padovese, was stabbed to death by his Muslim driver.


Foreigners in Turkey:
- No foreigner has a permanent residence permit.
- 50 occupations are for Turks only, like lawyer, taxi driver and coiffeur.
- Foreigners are marked by license tags with "M" from 99 MA 999 to 99 MZ 999:

 

[aris2chat]

This certainly is a show of disrespect to the Christians living there. Turkey had many, many Christians living there at one time. Don't forget that Istanbul was once Constantinople.


87 9 Google +0 0 2 101

The Christian churches in Turkey that have been turned into mosques is the subject of an interesting report in the Assyrian International News Agency.

As Christians in Turkey have dwindled down into a tiny minority, the remaining follow the same path.

The Hagia Sophia was one of the many historic Orthodox churches located in the city of Trabzon. The church was first converted to a mosque during the Ottoman rule. In 1964, it was turned into a museum. Since 2013, however, it was converted into a mosque again.

Christian symbols in the church have been damaged or destroyed. Nails have been pounded into the walls in order to hang curtains inside the new “mosque” to create a separate section for women. The frescos on the ceiling have been veiled with wooden structures and the mosaics on the floors have been covered with carpets. Some walls have been painted green.

Trabzon is located in the ancient land of Pontos, in the Black Sea part of Turkey. The first Greek settlements appeared in the region as early as 800 BC. Renowned Greek philosopher Diogenes was born and raised in Pontos, which means “sea” in Greek.

The region is also central to the Christian faith. The Pontic (Pontian) people were some of the very first converts to Christianity. Trabzon had its own bishop as early as the First Council of Nicaea in 325 AD.

- See more at:

Why Turkey's Historic Churches Are Being Turned Into Mosques | Greek Reporter Europe

It's not unique to Islam...why is that ignored?

Christianized sites - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

You really are a hoot. This is happening in modern times, and you apparently close your eyes to it. Don't you think that Christians, such as the Armenians, in Turkey are very upset about this. Apparently you have no problem with what they are going through. Perhaps you can find some Armenians in your city and ask them how they feel about what is going on in Turkey.

If you want to go far back, tell us about how the Muslims invaded countries in the Middle East, and the Christians there (the Chaldeans, the Assyrians, and the Copts) did not stand a chance. And if you want to go far back in India, why not tell us how the Muslim invaders destroyed Hindu temples and built mosques on the land. If you spend the time researching (although it would be of no interest to you because you are too busy defending your "friends"), you would find a site by a Hindu listing all the destroyed Hindu temples on whose sites mosques were built.

No one is denying that practitioners of all religious at one time or other weren't very tolerant of others, but tell us why you felt you had to go back in time when the article is about something that happened in the here and now.

The Hagia Sophia was one of the many historic Orthodox churches located in the city of Trabzon. The church was first converted to a mosque during the Ottoman rule. In 1964, it was turned into a museum. Since 2013, however, it was converted into a mosque again.

​

The Ottoman rule is not a "modern times".

There are also a lot of reasons, beyond religious domination - for religious buildings being converted to other uses or religions. Most frequently - it's demographics - changes in populations, so an area no longer supports a particular church, synogogue or mosque and it's turned to other uses. What I do find sad though, is when a really historic building, is destroyed.

Mosque (1453–1935)

 

[Sally]

This certainly is a show of disrespect to the Christians living there. Turkey had many, many Christians living there at one time. Don't forget that Istanbul was once Constantinople.


87 9 Google +0 0 2 101

The Christian churches in Turkey that have been turned into mosques is the subject of an interesting report in the Assyrian International News Agency.

As Christians in Turkey have dwindled down into a tiny minority, the remaining follow the same path.

The Hagia Sophia was one of the many historic Orthodox churches located in the city of Trabzon. The church was first converted to a mosque during the Ottoman rule. In 1964, it was turned into a museum. Since 2013, however, it was converted into a mosque again.

Christian symbols in the church have been damaged or destroyed. Nails have been pounded into the walls in order to hang curtains inside the new “mosque” to create a separate section for women. The frescos on the ceiling have been veiled with wooden structures and the mosaics on the floors have been covered with carpets. Some walls have been painted green.

Trabzon is located in the ancient land of Pontos, in the Black Sea part of Turkey. The first Greek settlements appeared in the region as early as 800 BC. Renowned Greek philosopher Diogenes was born and raised in Pontos, which means “sea” in Greek.

The region is also central to the Christian faith. The Pontic (Pontian) people were some of the very first converts to Christianity. Trabzon had its own bishop as early as the First Council of Nicaea in 325 AD.

- See more at:

Why Turkey's Historic Churches Are Being Turned Into Mosques | Greek Reporter Europe

It's not unique to Islam...why is that ignored?

Christianized sites - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

You really are a hoot. This is happening in modern times, and you apparently close your eyes to it. Don't you think that Christians, such as the Armenians, in Turkey are very upset about this. Apparently you have no problem with what they are going through. Perhaps you can find some Armenians in your city and ask them how they feel about what is going on in Turkey.

If you want to go far back, tell us about how the Muslims invaded countries in the Middle East, and the Christians there (the Chaldeans, the Assyrians, and the Copts) did not stand a chance. And if you want to go far back in India, why not tell us how the Muslim invaders destroyed Hindu temples and built mosques on the land. If you spend the time researching (although it would be of no interest to you because you are too busy defending your "friends"), you would find a site by a Hindu listing all the destroyed Hindu temples on whose sites mosques were built.

No one is denying that practitioners of all religious at one time or other weren't very tolerant of others, but tell us why you felt you had to go back in time when the article is about something that happened in the here and now.

The Hagia Sophia was one of the many historic Orthodox churches located in the city of Trabzon. The church was first converted to a mosque during the Ottoman rule. In 1964, it was turned into a museum. Since 2013, however, it was converted into a mosque again.

​

The Ottoman rule is not a "modern times".

There are also a lot of reasons, beyond religious domination - for religious buildings being converted to other uses or religions. Most frequently - it's demographics - changes in populations, so an area no longer supports a particular church, synogogue or mosque and it's turned to other uses. What I do find sad though, is when a really historic building, is destroyed.

Poor you, if some Christians in Europe started clamoring for some of the mosques in Europe to be turned into churches because there were too many mosques in comparison to the general population of Muslims there, you would be on your high horse. As I said, find some Armenians of Turkish background and ask them how they feel about churches being turned into mosques. In addition, ask them how they feel about the Armenian genocide for which Turkey seems to have a very difficult time apologizing for.

Strange how Coyote has had nothing to say when the Shia and Sunnis are killing each other and destroying ancient religious shrines when one group happens to be on a pilgrimage to a religious site in the Middle East. However, bring up churches being closed by Muslims, there she pops up trying to absolve the Muslims.

Shiite faithful defy danger to visit shrines - Al-Monitor: the Pulse of the Middle East

The Jihad on Christian Church Tents?

 

[Coyote]

This certainly is a show of disrespect to the Christians living there. Turkey had many, many Christians living there at one time. Don't forget that Istanbul was once Constantinople.


87 9 Google +0 0 2 101

The Christian churches in Turkey that have been turned into mosques is the subject of an interesting report in the Assyrian International News Agency.

As Christians in Turkey have dwindled down into a tiny minority, the remaining follow the same path.

The Hagia Sophia was one of the many historic Orthodox churches located in the city of Trabzon. The church was first converted to a mosque during the Ottoman rule. In 1964, it was turned into a museum. Since 2013, however, it was converted into a mosque again.

Christian symbols in the church have been damaged or destroyed. Nails have been pounded into the walls in order to hang curtains inside the new “mosque” to create a separate section for women. The frescos on the ceiling have been veiled with wooden structures and the mosaics on the floors have been covered with carpets. Some walls have been painted green.

Trabzon is located in the ancient land of Pontos, in the Black Sea part of Turkey. The first Greek settlements appeared in the region as early as 800 BC. Renowned Greek philosopher Diogenes was born and raised in Pontos, which means “sea” in Greek.

The region is also central to the Christian faith. The Pontic (Pontian) people were some of the very first converts to Christianity. Trabzon had its own bishop as early as the First Council of Nicaea in 325 AD.

- See more at:

Why Turkey's Historic Churches Are Being Turned Into Mosques | Greek Reporter Europe

It's not unique to Islam...why is that ignored?

Christianized sites - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

You really are a hoot. This is happening in modern times, and you apparently close your eyes to it. Don't you think that Christians, such as the Armenians, in Turkey are very upset about this. Apparently you have no problem with what they are going through. Perhaps you can find some Armenians in your city and ask them how they feel about what is going on in Turkey.

If you want to go far back, tell us about how the Muslims invaded countries in the Middle East, and the Christians there (the Chaldeans, the Assyrians, and the Copts) did not stand a chance. And if you want to go far back in India, why not tell us how the Muslim invaders destroyed Hindu temples and built mosques on the land. If you spend the time researching (although it would be of no interest to you because you are too busy defending your "friends"), you would find a site by a Hindu listing all the destroyed Hindu temples on whose sites mosques were built.

No one is denying that practitioners of all religious at one time or other weren't very tolerant of others, but tell us why you felt you had to go back in time when the article is about something that happened in the here and now.

The Hagia Sophia was one of the many historic Orthodox churches located in the city of Trabzon. The church was first converted to a mosque during the Ottoman rule. In 1964, it was turned into a museum. Since 2013, however, it was converted into a mosque again.

​

The Ottoman rule is not a "modern times".

There are also a lot of reasons, beyond religious domination - for religious buildings being converted to other uses or religions. Most frequently - it's demographics - changes in populations, so an area no longer supports a particular church, synogogue or mosque and it's turned to other uses. What I do find sad though, is when a really historic building, is destroyed.

Poor you, if some Christians in Europe started clamoring for some of the mosques in Europe to be turned into churches because there were too many mosques in comparison to the general population of Muslims there, you would be on your high horse. As I said, find some Armenians of Turkish background and ask them how they feel about churches being turned into mosques. In addition, ask them how they feel about the Armenian genocide for which Turkey seems to have a very difficult time apologizing for.

Strange how Coyote has had nothing to say when the Shia and Sunnis are killing each other and destroying ancient religious shrines when one group happens to be on a pilgrimage to a religious site in the Middle East. However, bring up churches being closed by Muslims, there she pops up trying to absolve the Muslims.

Shiite faithful defy danger to visit shrines - Al-Monitor: the Pulse of the Middle East

The Jihad on Christian Church Tents?

You're so predictable Sally - you just can't discuss the topic can you?

 

[Bleipriester]

This certainly is a show of disrespect to the Christians living there. Turkey had many, many Christians living there at one time. Don't forget that Istanbul was once Constantinople.


87 9 Google +0 0 2 101

The Christian churches in Turkey that have been turned into mosques is the subject of an interesting report in the Assyrian International News Agency.

As Christians in Turkey have dwindled down into a tiny minority, the remaining follow the same path.

The Hagia Sophia was one of the many historic Orthodox churches located in the city of Trabzon. The church was first converted to a mosque during the Ottoman rule. In 1964, it was turned into a museum. Since 2013, however, it was converted into a mosque again.

Christian symbols in the church have been damaged or destroyed. Nails have been pounded into the walls in order to hang curtains inside the new “mosque” to create a separate section for women. The frescos on the ceiling have been veiled with wooden structures and the mosaics on the floors have been covered with carpets. Some walls have been painted green.

Trabzon is located in the ancient land of Pontos, in the Black Sea part of Turkey. The first Greek settlements appeared in the region as early as 800 BC. Renowned Greek philosopher Diogenes was born and raised in Pontos, which means “sea” in Greek.

The region is also central to the Christian faith. The Pontic (Pontian) people were some of the very first converts to Christianity. Trabzon had its own bishop as early as the First Council of Nicaea in 325 AD.

- See more at:

Why Turkey's Historic Churches Are Being Turned Into Mosques | Greek Reporter Europe

It's not unique to Islam...why is that ignored?

Christianized sites - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

You really are a hoot. This is happening in modern times, and you apparently close your eyes to it. Don't you think that Christians, such as the Armenians, in Turkey are very upset about this. Apparently you have no problem with what they are going through. Perhaps you can find some Armenians in your city and ask them how they feel about what is going on in Turkey.

If you want to go far back, tell us about how the Muslims invaded countries in the Middle East, and the Christians there (the Chaldeans, the Assyrians, and the Copts) did not stand a chance. And if you want to go far back in India, why not tell us how the Muslim invaders destroyed Hindu temples and built mosques on the land. If you spend the time researching (although it would be of no interest to you because you are too busy defending your "friends"), you would find a site by a Hindu listing all the destroyed Hindu temples on whose sites mosques were built.

No one is denying that practitioners of all religious at one time or other weren't very tolerant of others, but tell us why you felt you had to go back in time when the article is about something that happened in the here and now.

The Hagia Sophia was one of the many historic Orthodox churches located in the city of Trabzon. The church was first converted to a mosque during the Ottoman rule. In 1964, it was turned into a museum. Since 2013, however, it was converted into a mosque again.

​

The Ottoman rule is not a "modern times".

There are also a lot of reasons, beyond religious domination - for religious buildings being converted to other uses or religions. Most frequently - it's demographics - changes in populations, so an area no longer supports a particular church, synogogue or mosque and it's turned to other uses. What I do find sad though, is when a really historic building, is destroyed.

Mosque (1453–1935)

Church (537 - 1453)

 

[montelatici]

Since the countrified, uneducated, Islamist Turks took over with Erdogan, it is a crap Islamist state. The secular European Turks that Ataturk created, are outnumbered.

 

[007]

This certainly is a show of disrespect to the Christians living there. Turkey had many, many Christians living there at one time. Don't forget that Istanbul was once Constantinople.


87 9 Google +0 0 2 101

The Christian churches in Turkey that have been turned into mosques is the subject of an interesting report in the Assyrian International News Agency.

As Christians in Turkey have dwindled down into a tiny minority, the remaining follow the same path.

The Hagia Sophia was one of the many historic Orthodox churches located in the city of Trabzon. The church was first converted to a mosque during the Ottoman rule. In 1964, it was turned into a museum. Since 2013, however, it was converted into a mosque again.

Christian symbols in the church have been damaged or destroyed. Nails have been pounded into the walls in order to hang curtains inside the new “mosque” to create a separate section for women. The frescos on the ceiling have been veiled with wooden structures and the mosaics on the floors have been covered with carpets. Some walls have been painted green.

Trabzon is located in the ancient land of Pontos, in the Black Sea part of Turkey. The first Greek settlements appeared in the region as early as 800 BC. Renowned Greek philosopher Diogenes was born and raised in Pontos, which means “sea” in Greek.

The region is also central to the Christian faith. The Pontic (Pontian) people were some of the very first converts to Christianity. Trabzon had its own bishop as early as the First Council of Nicaea in 325 AD.

- See more at:

Why Turkey's Historic Churches Are Being Turned Into Mosques | Greek Reporter Europe

"VICTORY MOSQUES"... that's what they do... coming to town near you.

 

[Sally]

This certainly is a show of disrespect to the Christians living there. Turkey had many, many Christians living there at one time. Don't forget that Istanbul was once Constantinople.


87 9 Google +0 0 2 101

The Christian churches in Turkey that have been turned into mosques is the subject of an interesting report in the Assyrian International News Agency.

As Christians in Turkey have dwindled down into a tiny minority, the remaining follow the same path.

The Hagia Sophia was one of the many historic Orthodox churches located in the city of Trabzon. The church was first converted to a mosque during the Ottoman rule. In 1964, it was turned into a museum. Since 2013, however, it was converted into a mosque again.

Christian symbols in the church have been damaged or destroyed. Nails have been pounded into the walls in order to hang curtains inside the new “mosque” to create a separate section for women. The frescos on the ceiling have been veiled with wooden structures and the mosaics on the floors have been covered with carpets. Some walls have been painted green.

Trabzon is located in the ancient land of Pontos, in the Black Sea part of Turkey. The first Greek settlements appeared in the region as early as 800 BC. Renowned Greek philosopher Diogenes was born and raised in Pontos, which means “sea” in Greek.

The region is also central to the Christian faith. The Pontic (Pontian) people were some of the very first converts to Christianity. Trabzon had its own bishop as early as the First Council of Nicaea in 325 AD.

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Why Turkey's Historic Churches Are Being Turned Into Mosques | Greek Reporter Europe

It's not unique to Islam...why is that ignored?

Christianized sites - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

You really are a hoot. This is happening in modern times, and you apparently close your eyes to it. Don't you think that Christians, such as the Armenians, in Turkey are very upset about this. Apparently you have no problem with what they are going through. Perhaps you can find some Armenians in your city and ask them how they feel about what is going on in Turkey.

If you want to go far back, tell us about how the Muslims invaded countries in the Middle East, and the Christians there (the Chaldeans, the Assyrians, and the Copts) did not stand a chance. And if you want to go far back in India, why not tell us how the Muslim invaders destroyed Hindu temples and built mosques on the land. If you spend the time researching (although it would be of no interest to you because you are too busy defending your "friends"), you would find a site by a Hindu listing all the destroyed Hindu temples on whose sites mosques were built.

No one is denying that practitioners of all religious at one time or other weren't very tolerant of others, but tell us why you felt you had to go back in time when the article is about something that happened in the here and now.

The Hagia Sophia was one of the many historic Orthodox churches located in the city of Trabzon. The church was first converted to a mosque during the Ottoman rule. In 1964, it was turned into a museum. Since 2013, however, it was converted into a mosque again.

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The Ottoman rule is not a "modern times".

There are also a lot of reasons, beyond religious domination - for religious buildings being converted to other uses or religions. Most frequently - it's demographics - changes in populations, so an area no longer supports a particular church, synogogue or mosque and it's turned to other uses. What I do find sad though, is when a really historic building, is destroyed.

Poor you, if some Christians in Europe started clamoring for some of the mosques in Europe to be turned into churches because there were too many mosques in comparison to the general population of Muslims there, you would be on your high horse. As I said, find some Armenians of Turkish background and ask them how they feel about churches being turned into mosques. In addition, ask them how they feel about the Armenian genocide for which Turkey seems to have a very difficult time apologizing for.

Strange how Coyote has had nothing to say when the Shia and Sunnis are killing each other and destroying ancient religious shrines when one group happens to be on a pilgrimage to a religious site in the Middle East. However, bring up churches being closed by Muslims, there she pops up trying to absolve the Muslims.

Shiite faithful defy danger to visit shrines - Al-Monitor: the Pulse of the Middle East

The Jihad on Christian Church Tents?

You're so predictable Sally - you just can't discuss the topic can you?

Actually you are the one who is so predictable, Coyote. Most people would have sympathy for those Christians in Turkey who are seeing their churches turned into mosques. Instead of you showing any sympathy, you go and drag something up on Wiki. You probably wouldn't be showing any sympathy for the Armenians who still are hurting because of the genocide.

Tens of thousands rally in Los Angeles to commemorate Armenian genocide

 

[Coyote]

It's not unique to Islam...why is that ignored?

Christianized sites - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

You really are a hoot. This is happening in modern times, and you apparently close your eyes to it. Don't you think that Christians, such as the Armenians, in Turkey are very upset about this. Apparently you have no problem with what they are going through. Perhaps you can find some Armenians in your city and ask them how they feel about what is going on in Turkey.

If you want to go far back, tell us about how the Muslims invaded countries in the Middle East, and the Christians there (the Chaldeans, the Assyrians, and the Copts) did not stand a chance. And if you want to go far back in India, why not tell us how the Muslim invaders destroyed Hindu temples and built mosques on the land. If you spend the time researching (although it would be of no interest to you because you are too busy defending your "friends"), you would find a site by a Hindu listing all the destroyed Hindu temples on whose sites mosques were built.

No one is denying that practitioners of all religious at one time or other weren't very tolerant of others, but tell us why you felt you had to go back in time when the article is about something that happened in the here and now.

The Hagia Sophia was one of the many historic Orthodox churches located in the city of Trabzon. The church was first converted to a mosque during the Ottoman rule. In 1964, it was turned into a museum. Since 2013, however, it was converted into a mosque again.

​

The Ottoman rule is not a "modern times".

There are also a lot of reasons, beyond religious domination - for religious buildings being converted to other uses or religions. Most frequently - it's demographics - changes in populations, so an area no longer supports a particular church, synogogue or mosque and it's turned to other uses. What I do find sad though, is when a really historic building, is destroyed.

Poor you, if some Christians in Europe started clamoring for some of the mosques in Europe to be turned into churches because there were too many mosques in comparison to the general population of Muslims there, you would be on your high horse. As I said, find some Armenians of Turkish background and ask them how they feel about churches being turned into mosques. In addition, ask them how they feel about the Armenian genocide for which Turkey seems to have a very difficult time apologizing for.

Strange how Coyote has had nothing to say when the Shia and Sunnis are killing each other and destroying ancient religious shrines when one group happens to be on a pilgrimage to a religious site in the Middle East. However, bring up churches being closed by Muslims, there she pops up trying to absolve the Muslims.

Shiite faithful defy danger to visit shrines - Al-Monitor: the Pulse of the Middle East

The Jihad on Christian Church Tents?

You're so predictable Sally - you just can't discuss the topic can you?

Actually you are the one who is so predictable, Coyote. Most people would have sympathy for those Christians in Turkey who are seeing their churches turned into mosques. Instead of you showing any sympathy, you go and drag something up on Wiki. You probably wouldn't be showing any sympathy for the Armenians who still are hurting because of the genocide.

Tens of thousands rally in Los Angeles to commemorate Armenian genocide

Sympathy really depends on many things. Were those churches still in use? If not, what then should be done? Should they be abandoned, left to deteriate? It's always sad to see beautiful old structures destroyed, or abandoned - I agree with that. In my town, we have a number of gorgeous old victorian era houses. Some of them end up subdivided into apartments and become student slums with scum landlords who don't maintain them well. Their sad wrecks of once fine structures. Others have been bought by lawyers (don't ask me why, but they seem to like Victorian houses) and have been converted into legal offices. Unlike the student rentals - theirs are maintained, beautifully painted and cared for. Now I have no love for lawyers, but at least, they are keeping those homes alive.

What on earth does the Armenian genocide have to do with what we are talking about? Nothing. It's an atrocity but the topic, right now, is old churches being repurposed. You're simply trying to deflect here.

 

[Sally]

You really are a hoot. This is happening in modern times, and you apparently close your eyes to it. Don't you think that Christians, such as the Armenians, in Turkey are very upset about this. Apparently you have no problem with what they are going through. Perhaps you can find some Armenians in your city and ask them how they feel about what is going on in Turkey.

If you want to go far back, tell us about how the Muslims invaded countries in the Middle East, and the Christians there (the Chaldeans, the Assyrians, and the Copts) did not stand a chance. And if you want to go far back in India, why not tell us how the Muslim invaders destroyed Hindu temples and built mosques on the land. If you spend the time researching (although it would be of no interest to you because you are too busy defending your "friends"), you would find a site by a Hindu listing all the destroyed Hindu temples on whose sites mosques were built.

No one is denying that practitioners of all religious at one time or other weren't very tolerant of others, but tell us why you felt you had to go back in time when the article is about something that happened in the here and now.

The Hagia Sophia was one of the many historic Orthodox churches located in the city of Trabzon. The church was first converted to a mosque during the Ottoman rule. In 1964, it was turned into a museum. Since 2013, however, it was converted into a mosque again.

​

The Ottoman rule is not a "modern times".

There are also a lot of reasons, beyond religious domination - for religious buildings being converted to other uses or religions. Most frequently - it's demographics - changes in populations, so an area no longer supports a particular church, synogogue or mosque and it's turned to other uses. What I do find sad though, is when a really historic building, is destroyed.

Poor you, if some Christians in Europe started clamoring for some of the mosques in Europe to be turned into churches because there were too many mosques in comparison to the general population of Muslims there, you would be on your high horse. As I said, find some Armenians of Turkish background and ask them how they feel about churches being turned into mosques. In addition, ask them how they feel about the Armenian genocide for which Turkey seems to have a very difficult time apologizing for.

Strange how Coyote has had nothing to say when the Shia and Sunnis are killing each other and destroying ancient religious shrines when one group happens to be on a pilgrimage to a religious site in the Middle East. However, bring up churches being closed by Muslims, there she pops up trying to absolve the Muslims.

Shiite faithful defy danger to visit shrines - Al-Monitor: the Pulse of the Middle East

The Jihad on Christian Church Tents?

You're so predictable Sally - you just can't discuss the topic can you?

Actually you are the one who is so predictable, Coyote. Most people would have sympathy for those Christians in Turkey who are seeing their churches turned into mosques. Instead of you showing any sympathy, you go and drag something up on Wiki. You probably wouldn't be showing any sympathy for the Armenians who still are hurting because of the genocide.

Tens of thousands rally in Los Angeles to commemorate Armenian genocide

Sympathy really depends on many things. Were those churches still in use? If not, what then should be done? Should they be abandoned, left to deteriate? It's always sad to see beautiful old structures destroyed, or abandoned - I agree with that. In my town, we have a number of gorgeous old victorian era houses. Some of them end up subdivided into apartments and become student slums with scum landlords who don't maintain them well. Their sad wrecks of once fine structures. Others have been bought by lawyers (don't ask me why, but they seem to like Victorian houses) and have been converted into legal offices. Unlike the student rentals - theirs are maintained, beautifully painted and cared for. Now I have no love for lawyers, but at least, they are keeping those homes alive.

What on earth does the Armenian genocide have to do with what we are talking about? Nothing. It's an atrocity but the topic, right now, is old churches being repurposed. You're simply trying to deflect here.

Ask some Armenians how they feel about the Turks committing genocide on Armenians as well as how they feel about these churches being turned into mosques by the Turks. Ask them what their relatives still living in Turkey have to say about how they are treated by the Turks.

By the way, I would suggest that you re-read the article once again, and this time very, very slowly to see how historically the Christians were treated by your friends down through the ages. How ludicrous to compare what minorities have gone through in Turkey ever since the Turk invaded to old Victorian houses. You can get a committee together to preserve these houses as landmarks or require that new owners keep them up. For this, you will not go to prison for protesting the condition they are in now. However, the minorities in Turkey have never had a leg to stand on for the Turks to at least respect their religious beliefs.

How about you worry about Victorian houses in your area, and I will think about the Armenians and other Christians who are living in Turkey and those outside who have roots in Turkey who are hurt by the Turks' actions.

 

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