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How many Christians were killed in Turkey?
During what Benny Morris and Dror Ze’evi describe as the ‘thirty-year genocide’, some 4 million Christians were either killed or forcibly removed from Turkey and the adjacent territories of eastern Thrace, Urmia and the southern Caucasus.
What is the main religion in Turkey?
Islam is the largest religion in Turkey. More than 99 percent of the population is Muslim, mostly Sunni. Christianity (Oriental Orthodoxy, Greek Orthodox and Armenian Apostolic) and Judaism are the other religions in practice, but the non-Muslim population declined in the early 2000s.
Is there Christianity in Algeria?
Although Christians are a religious minority in Algeria, churches built during French rule can still be found. Conversions to Christianity have been most common in Kabylie, especially in the wilaya of Tizi-Ouzou. A 2015 study, estimated 380,000 Muslims converted to Christianity in Algeria.
How many Christians live in Turkey?
Today, approximately 120,000 Christians and 26,000 Jews live in Turkey, out of almost 80 million of the total population. After the crucifixion of Jesus Christ , many of the early Christians, escaping from persecutions in Jerusalem, came to Asia Minor and settled in different cities like Ephesus , Hierapolis and Cappadocia .
Is Turkey the birthplace of Christianity?
Some of the facts worth knowing about Christianity trails are : 1. Turkey was the birthplace of several saint/ martyrs. Saint Paul was born in Tarsus, a region on Southern Turkey, while St.Pauls’s evangelism covered some areas in Turkey, and also Greece and Cyprus which are neighbors.
Are there Christian Turks in Turkey?
As for Turkey, today there are almost no Christians left there (the last Armenian village, Vakıflı, has a population of 130). On the other hand, hundreds of thousands of Muslim Turks have at least one Armenian (or other Christian) ancestor. In 2018 President Erdoğan released records offering the genealogy of many Turks.
What are the religious holidays in Turkey?
Kurban Bayramı. Called Eid el-Adha or Eid el-Kebir in Arabic, Kurban Bayrami (koor-BAHN bahy-rah-muh) is the most important Islamic religious festival of the year, and a 4 or 5-day public holiday in Turkey.