Reportage : Anciennes Églises Byzantines, Assyriennes et Arméniennes, converties en Mosquées en Turquie. Ancient Byzantine, Assyrian and Armenian, Churches converted into Mosques in Turkey.

Anciennes Églises Byzantines, Assyriennes et Arméniennes, converties en Mosquées en Turquie. Ancient Byzantine, Assyrian and Armenian, Churches converted into Mosques in Turkey.
24 août 2020
Anciennes Églises Byzantines, Assyriennes et Arméniennes, converties en Mosquées en Turquie. Ancient Byzantine, Assyrian and Armenian, Churches converted into Mosques in Turkey.

© Alfred YAGHOBZADEH / Divergence

The interior of the former historical Assyrian Church of St. Peter and St. Paul (Reji Kilisesi), in the city is now being used as a municipality-owned cultural center and the foundation of the Islamic school of Harran University. the church was used actively until 1924, when Assyrians (Syriac Christians) left for Aleppo. Locals call the church Òthe Regie ChurchÓ, because Tekel, the Turkish tobacco and alcoholic beverage company, had once used it as a tobacco factory.Ê This tobacco factory had been known as the Regie Tobacco Company in Ottoman times, and was nationalized in 1925. It was also used as a grape storehouse for decades. After its restoration in 1998, it hosted a carpet-making class. In 2002, it became the ÒKemalettin Gazezoglu Cultural Center,Ó named after the governor of the city. Today, a part of it has been given to a foundation that runs the Islamic school at the city's university. Sanliurfa (Urfa), Turkey, 04/08/2020

Lieu : SANLIURFA, URFA, TURKEY

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