02 February 2013

It is a Lie that Turkey Has a Lot of Churches

.... I know precisely how many churches there are in Turkey, a few dozen active ones. While the Turkish Government will list hundreds and hundreds, most are either in ruins or being used for other purposes such as storage or garages.

There are a hundred or so Greek Orthodox Churches but only a handful are active since almost all Greeks have been forced out of Turkey (there are less than 2,000 Greeks left today). As for non-Greek churches, here are 4, only the third one is still in use. [Planck's Constant] Read more