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Saint John Turkish Orthodox Church

📍 Beyoğlu, Istanbul, 34425

Aziz Yahya Kilisesi, also known as the Saint John Turkish Orthodox Church and the Galata Yeni Türk Ortodoks Kilisesi, belongs to the independent Turkish Orthodox tradition in Istanbul. That alone makes it unusual, because Turkish Orthodox worship has long sat alongside Greek, Armenian, and Latin Christian communities in this part of the city. The church’s Turkish name points back to Galata, the old commercial quarter where communities from across the eastern Mediterranean lived, traded, and built their own places of worship. Even without a grand cathedral profile, this is a reminder that Istanbul’s Christian history was never just one story, or one language. …
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