Erdogan to open modern Turkish state’s first new church

ISTANBUL: President Recep Tayyip Erdogan planned Sunday to inaugurate the first church built with government backing in overwhelmingly Muslim Turkey's...

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan addresses his supporters before attending the Extraordinary Congress of the ruling AK Party in Ankara, Turkey October 7, 2023. REUTERSPIX: President Recep Tayyip Erdogan planned Sunday to inaugurate the first church built with government backing in overwhelmingly Muslim Turkey's 100-year history as a post-Ottoman state.

He has always countered that he was simply restoring the rights of pious Muslims in the staunchly secular republic founded by field marshal Mustafa Kemal Ataturk in 1923. But they did so “without official permission. It is the first time that a church has been officially built. This gives us great pride,“ Susin said.

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