Greek Orthodox Christians in Turkey

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Greek_Orthodox_Christians_in_Turkey

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:religious_organization
gptkbp:culturalHeritage	gptkb:Orthodox_liturgy gptkb:Greek gptkb:Symbolism gptkb:Greek_language gptkb:Byzantine_music Byzantine tradition Greek Orthodox churches Greek newspapers Greek schools Greek community associations Greek Orthodox cemeteries Orthodox festivals
gptkbp:diaspora	gptkb:Australia gptkb:Canada gptkb:Greece gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:festival	gptkb:Christmas gptkb:Easter gptkb:Epiphany gptkb:Dormition_of_the_Theotokos
gptkbp:historicalEvent	gptkb:Istanbul_Pogrom_(1955) gptkb:Greek_War_of_Independence gptkb:Ottoman_conquest_of_Constantinople 1923 population exchange closure of Halki Seminary (1971)
gptkbp:historicalPopulation	hundreds of thousands before 20th century significantly decreased after 1923
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Greek Orthodox Christians in Turkey
gptkbp:legalStatus	protected under Treaty of Lausanne
gptkbp:mainCathedral	gptkb:Ecumenical_Patriarchate_of_Constantinople Hagia Sophia (historically) Church of St. George, Istanbul
gptkbp:mainChurchBody	gptkb:Ecumenical_Patriarchate_of_Constantinople Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Constantinople
gptkbp:mainLanguage	gptkb:Greek Turkish
gptkbp:minorityStatus	recognized religious minority
gptkbp:notableLeader	gptkb:Ecumenical_Patriarch_Bartholomew_I
gptkbp:populationEstimate	fewer than 3,000 (as of 2020s)
gptkbp:region	gptkb:Istanbul gptkb:Hatay gptkb:Imbros gptkb:Tenedos
gptkbp:relatedEvent	gptkb:Population_exchange_between_Greece_and_Turkey gptkb:Treaty_of_Lausanne gptkb:Istanbul_Pogrom
gptkbp:religion	gptkb:Eastern_Orthodox_Christianity
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:1923_population_exchange_between_Greece_and_Turkey gptkb:Population_exchange_with_Turkey_(1923) gptkb:Population_exchange_1923
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7