Religious Sites in Turkey: Top Places

Pürenli Seki Church is located in Ihlara Valley in Aksaray. It consists of four sections carved into the rock. The frescoes are 10.

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Religious Sites

Kokar Kilise is a 9th-century church located in Aksaray Ihlara Valley. It is a single-nave church with a barrel vault.

Sümbüllü Kilise is located in Ihlara Valley in Aksaray. It is a church with monastery spaces carved into the rock mass in two layers. There are depictions of Mary between Michael and Gabriel, Jesus and three Hebrew youths in the oven, and saints.

Ulu Cami, located in Kütahya Merkez, is the city's only imperial mosque, with construction beginning during the reign of Yıldırım Bayezid (1381-1389) and completed in 1410 by his son, Şehzade Musa Çelebi. The large columns inside the mosque were brought from the ancient city of Aizanoi. Repaired by Mimar Sinan at the command of Suleiman the Magnificent, the mosque took its final domed form in 1893 during the reign of Abdülhamid II. Sadık Atakan Private Tile Museum (105 m), Tile Museum (125 m), and Geology Museum (185 m) are within walking distance.

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Religious Sites

The Monastery of Saint John the Theologian, commonly known as the Pelekete Monastery, is a ruined Byzantine-era monastery near modern Tirilye in Turkey.

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Religious Sites

Religious Sites

Religious Sites

The Monastery of the Virgin Mary of Tbeti is a ruined medieval Georgian Orthodox monastery. It was built in the historical territory of Georgia, and is now found in Turkey. It is located on the banks of the Imerkhevi river, and is 15 kilometres away from the present-day city of Şavşat.

Khandzta was a medieval Georgian monastery founded by Gregory of Khandzta in 782 AD. It has been identified as probably being the ruined monastery known as Porta, in Pırnallı village, Artvin province, Turkey.

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Amenapırgiç Monastery is a place of worship located east of Bahçesaray district in Van, above Acı Hanis village. It is situated at an altitude of 2100 meters, at the end of a small valley that opens to the Altındere Valley and extends to Çatak via the Nar Pass. The monastery's history dates back to the 10th century, and it also has a second church dedicated to Surp Garabed, believed to have been built between 1369 and 1395.

Ihlara Valley is located in Ihlara Valley in Aksaray Cappadocia. After passing through the turnstile and descending the stairs, it is 10 meters to the right. However, one should descend halfway down the stairs and turn right.

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Opiza was a medieval Georgian monastery and cathedral church located in historical Klarjeti region, now in Artvin Province, Turkey. It is one of the oldest Georgian churches in the Tao-Klarjeti region. Opiza was reconstructed after an Arab invasion in the 8th century.

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Pancarlık Church, located in Ürgüp, Cappadocia, is a place of worship dating back to the first half of the 11th century. The church features a single nave, a flat ceiling, and a single apse. Its well-preserved frescoes, often on a green background, depict scenes from the Bible. This rock-hewn church is situated in the Pancarlık Valley, south of Ortahisar, on the Ürgüp-Mustafapaşa road.

Aziz Katarina Chapel is a place of worship located in the Göreme Open Air Museum, in the Nevşehir Merkez district of Cappadocia. Dating back to the 11th century, the chapel is situated between the Dark Church and the Çarıklı Church. Both the narthex and naos of the chapel feature a free cross plan with a central dome. Inside, there are wall paintings depicting Saint Catherine and other saints.

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