Talk:Christianity in Turkey

Proposed merger with Protestantism in Turkey and Roman Catholicism in Turkey
I judge the article to be merged as significant enough to exist separately. Sarcelles (talk) 19:17, 2 January 2008 (UTC)


 * I would agree with the proposed merger Tim P (talk) 18:30, 12 January 2008 (UTC)


 * The heading 'Roman Catholicism in Turkey' is inaccurate being that Eastern Catholic Churches, not Roman Catholics, appear to be in the majority in Turkey. The merger may be good but must represent the Orthodox Churches as well under the 'Christianity in Turkey' heading.  The Eastern Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarchate is based in Istanbul and has been for about 1700 years.Jc3schmi (talk)


 * I'm against the merger, because as both articles increase in length, it would be necessary to divide them again. --Pgecaj (talk) 20:03, 26 March 2009 (UTC)


 * I am against the merger. Same reasons of Pgecaj. Furthermore, Roman catholicism in Turkey is deeply connected with the Italian levantine(who historically reject protestantism).--Rew48 (talk) 02:37, 26 November 2009 (UTC)

Christianity on Trial in Turkey
http://somosierra.wordpress.com/2007/06/22/christianity-on-trial-in-turkey/

http://www.spiegel.de/international/spiegel/0,1518,411043,00.html

--Krzyzowiec (talk) 19:41, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

§== Number of (active) churches ==

I just wonder, how many are the active churches in Turkey? The article's introduction discusses what was long time ago. Hagia Sophia was a church, turned into a mosque. My simple question is how many temples function as churches. It is interesting to see different denominations also. 80.216.69.122 (talk) 10:51, 9 December 2009 (UTC) Hundreds of churches are active in Istanbul... really hundreds... And beautiful churches. You must see Istanbul and definitely you will be shocked. Hagia Sophia and Chora Monastery are symbolic conversions. Majority of the churches are untouched. This was the tradition of the time. Most of the European cathedrals are at the same site of the pagan temples as well. In Istanbul, you can find catholic, orthodox, georgian, armenian, bulgarian, russian etc Churches, you name it. When one looks at this page, It does not seem that anyone will come up to enlighten you and other people on this subject or on other subjects. Unfortunately I don't have time. And with the beautiful version of western vandalism, I don't think my writings (of an Istanbuler) would remain there.

The word Indigenous is POV and should not be used to describe anyone
This word has no strict meaning and is a POV term.

Unreliable Citation and Probable False Information
The claim that 35,000 Turks converted to Christianity in 2008 is highly suspect. The citation leads to a message board and cannot be corroborated. This claim appears to have no basis. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2602:306:BCCF:58E0:7C8F:6C16:7288:C691 (talk) 01:05, 19 October 2015 (UTC)

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The user has added a lot of claims that are not supported by sources. Also, many added sections were duplicates (already mentioned in other part of the articles).Ferakp (talk) 07:25, 19 November 2016 (UTC)

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Nothing about the crimes against humanity directed at Christians in the area?
NOTHING?! Let's just take this one as a sample: Islamist Turkey seizes ALL Christian churches in city and declares them 'state property'. If you don't like the source, how about this then?. There are tons in those search results and that is only one instance of a single crime. Remember that political correctness does not belong in an encyclopedia, just as it does not belong in science or history. Do not confuse good manners with truth. I came here to read about it and because I found nothing, I had to search. Then when I began to get a picture of what is really true out there then I had to come back and remind writers to be fully honest here. Tell the whole truth, not what you want people to hear. MagnoliaSouth (talk) 22:51, 27 August 2018 (UTC) You are writing this, probably without seeing Cordoba in Spain, and none of the Mosques in Athens. Cordoba Mosque-Cathedral is full of paintings depicting the crimes against the humanity. So is the Prada Museum in Madrid. In Athens none of the historical mosques are functioning. There is one in the centrum Tzistarakis Mosque and it is Museum. King of Greece threw a ball in it once. on contrary Istanbul is full of beautiful active churches.

So do you think Christians did not exist during the Ottoman Era until the arrival of Missionaries?
The narration of the historical background jumps from the early Christianity to the late Ottoman Empire. So obviously the authors think they did not exist during the whole Ottoman Era in Turkey. The start of the article is also interesting mentioning their genocides. Well you can tell what you want. But during 1000 years did they exist? and Maybe thrived? thrived so that they were became the victims of genocide. I don't think anyone really cares about the timeline gaps or the logical fallacies. This is not a philosophy article anyway. Only religiously motivated people are welcome. Now one will come up and say there is already a separate article for the Christianity in Ottoman Empire. So is there a separate article about you name it. There is a separate article about Early Christianity, there is article about Antioch etc. But this article is a general article which connects the ancient Turkey, Ottoman Turkey, Turkish Republic and the Christianity. So there must be a mention for Christianity in Ottoman Empire. I mean if you want to be righteous. Or If you really care about the completeness or correctness. But If you want to motivate people to think how bad the Turks are, of course leave it as it is. And do more than that, delete the section that I added. Write what the hell the Turks did to whatever people in the world from Incas to Eskimos as well, but be honest and write that they treated them well in the Millet System during the Ottoman Empire. Read some Bernard Lewis first. I believe if one day Christian ISIS happens to exist, English wikipedia will be their handbooks.

4th century Eastern Orthodox Church?!
The article says that The Eastern Orthodox Church has been headquartered in Constantinople since the 4th century, while the Eastern Orthodox Church is born in 1054 AD according to Roman Catholicism. The Orthodox position is different, but asserting one position instead of another is not in the Wikipedia standards. It could be changed into something like Pre-Schism Eastern Patriarchates and the Eastern Orthodox Church have been headquartered in Constantinople since the 4th century. --Ricky N.03 (talk) 15:18, 7 July 2020 (UTC)

Infobox 'Group: designation' change
This edit changed the group title in a way that makes it less specific and accurate. I have changed it back, as in my reading the earlier Turkish Christians has a narrower meaning that better fits what is being summarised in the infobox. Christians in Turkey has a wider meaning: It's obviously related to, and encompasses, Turkish Christians, but the latter is more precise. (Subject to discussion if needed, and consensus, as always, of course.)49.177.64.138 (talk) 14:52, 27 March 2021 (UTC)

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