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Levantine People In Turkey
Levantines in Turkey or Turkish Levantines, are the descendants of Europeans who settled in the coastal cities of the Ottoman Empire to trade, especially after the Tanzimat era. Their estimated population today is around 1,000.Levanten kültürü turizme açılıyor haberler.com (12.08.2013) They mainly reside in Istanbul, İzmir and Mersin. Anatolian Muslims called Levantines ''Frenk'' (variation of ''Farang'', often translated as "Frank") and ''tatlısu Frengi'' ( 'freshwater Frank'; due to their high-standard lifestyle) in addition to ''Levanten''. Turkish Levantines are mostly Latin Catholics. Over time the term Levant was widened in scope. During the era of the Byzantine Empire, Byzantines and the first years of the Ottoman Empire, Ottomans, the term was used to refer to We ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Church Of Saint Mary Draperis - كنيسة سانتا ماريا دريبرس - Meryem Ana Draperis Latin Katolik Kilisesi - Santa Maria Draperis Photo1
Church may refer to: Religion * Church (building), a place/building for Christian religious activities and praying * Church (congregation), a local congregation of a Christian denomination * Church service, a formalized period of Christian communal worship * Christian denomination, a Christian organization with distinct doctrine and practice * Christian Church, either the collective body of all Christian believers, or early Christianity Places United Kingdom * Church, a former electoral ward of Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council that existed from 1964 to 2002 * Church (Liverpool ward), a Liverpool City Council ward * Church (Reading ward), a Reading Borough Council ward * Church (Sefton ward), a Metropolitan Borough of Sefton ward * Church, Lancashire, England United States * Church, Iowa, an unincorporated community * Church Lake, a lake in Minnesota * Church, Michigan, ghost town Arts, entertainment, and media * ''Church magazine'', a pastoral theology magazine pu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
