The Autocephalous Turkish Orthodox Patriarchate, also referred to as the Turkish Orthodox Church, is an unrecognized autocephalous Eastern Orthodox organization based in Turkey. It was founded in Kays
Official insignia of the Autocephalous Turkish Orthodox Patriarchate
Entrance to the Panagia Kalafatiane (Virgin Mary of Caffa), renamed by the Turkish Patriarchate to "Meryem Ana", Turkish Orthodox Church in Galata, Istanbul
Meryem Ana Church
Gagauz people
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The Gagauz are an Oghuz Turkic ethnic group native to southern Moldova and southwestern Ukraine. Gagauz are mostly Eastern Orthodox Christians. The term Gagauz is also often used as a collective namin
Autocephalous Turkish Orthodox Patriarchate
…have been a number of attempts from the 1930s into the 21st century to tie the Turkish Orthodox Patriarchate with the ethnically Turkic, Greek Orthodox Gagauz minority in Bessarabia. A similar project was put into motion in October 2018, when the Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan visited the Republic of Moldova…
Gagauz people in traditional clothing
The Gagauz community of Chișinău celebrates Ederlezi
Gagauz people in Chișinău, celebrating Hıdırellez in May 2017