Religion in Istanbul covers the issue of religion in the city of Istanbul, Turkey. More than 90% of Istanbul's population are Sunni Muslims and Alevism...
21 KB (2,485 words) - 19:14, 27 January 2024
The 2024 Istanbul church shooting (Turkish: 2024 İstanbul kilise saldırısı), was an attack by the Islamic State on the Church of Santa Maria, a Roman Catholic...
11 KB (992 words) - 12:33, 4 November 2024
Istanbul is the largest city in Turkey, straddling the Bosporus Strait, the boundary between Europe and Asia. It is considered the country's economic...
225 KB (22,053 words) - 20:09, 15 November 2024
Telli Baba (category Religion in Istanbul)
Shaykh of the Qadiri Sufi order buried on the Bosphorus coast in the Sarıyer district of Istanbul. There are several legends about the identity of Telli Baba...
2 KB (155 words) - 11:36, 22 August 2024
Region Istanbul Province Time zone(s): TRT (UTC+03) Climate of Istanbul Canals in Istanbul Istanbul Canal Hills in Istanbul Seven hills of Istanbul Çamlıca...
24 KB (1,436 words) - 15:04, 31 October 2024
Religion in Turkey consists of various religious beliefs. While Turkey is officially a secular state, numerous surveys all show that Islam is the country's...
123 KB (10,211 words) - 09:32, 13 November 2024
Istanbul University, also known as University of Istanbul (Turkish: İstanbul Üniversitesi), is a prominent public research university located in Istanbul...
57 KB (5,154 words) - 01:07, 19 November 2024
Islam (redirect from Islamic religion)
Islam is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion centered on the Quran and the teachings of Muhammad, the religion's founder. Adherents of Islam are called...
248 KB (24,538 words) - 21:59, 16 November 2024
The predominant religion in Brazil is Christianity, with Catholicism being its largest denomination. In 1891, when the first Brazilian Republican Constitution...
50 KB (4,951 words) - 15:46, 7 November 2024
The Istanbul pogrom, also known as the Istanbul riots, were a series of state-sponsored anti-Greek mob attacks directed primarily at Istanbul's Greek...
99 KB (10,453 words) - 13:01, 31 October 2024
religion and thus, freedom of religion, belief and conscience are guaranteed under the country's constitution. Islam is the most common religion in Albania...
109 KB (12,419 words) - 21:56, 7 November 2024
Religion in Iran has been shaped by multiple religions and sects over the course of the country's history. Zoroastrianism was the main followed religion...
109 KB (11,831 words) - 23:01, 29 October 2024
faith, while 24% stated they had no religion and a further 6% did not answer the question. Distribution of religions in Birmingham according to the 2011...
26 KB (2,907 words) - 18:47, 19 June 2024
Constantinople (redirect from Istanbul in the middle ages)
Officially renamed Istanbul in 1930, the city is today the largest city in Europe, straddling the Bosporus strait and lying in both Europe and Asia...
133 KB (11,636 words) - 14:49, 12 November 2024
Christianity is the predominant religion in Ukraine, with 85% of the population identifying as Christian according to a 2022 survey conducted by the Kyiv...
79 KB (5,586 words) - 03:55, 25 October 2024
state religion (also called official religion) is a religion or creed officially endorsed by a sovereign state. A state with an official religion (also...
130 KB (12,361 words) - 19:55, 16 November 2024
Greeks in Turkey (Turkish: Rumlar) constitute a small population of Greek and Greek-speaking Eastern Orthodox Christians who mostly live in Istanbul, as...
62 KB (6,970 words) - 08:47, 4 November 2024
Turkey (redirect from Biodiversity in Turkey)
population. Ankara is Turkey's capital and second-largest city, while Istanbul is its largest city and economic and financial center. Other major cities...
279 KB (24,958 words) - 05:21, 19 November 2024
and domestic violence which was opened for signature on 11 May 2011, in Istanbul, Turkey. The convention aims at prevention of violence, victim protection...
81 KB (7,037 words) - 14:43, 24 October 2024
century, indicate that Istanbul's historic peninsula was settled as far back as the 6th millennium BCE. That early settlement, important in the spread of the...
51 KB (5,923 words) - 10:28, 7 November 2024
most adhered to religion in Kurdistan. The majority of Kurdish people are Muslim by religion. While the relationship between religion and nationalism...
28 KB (2,919 words) - 05:24, 29 September 2024
Borsa İstanbul (abbreviated as BIST) is the sole exchange entity of Turkey combining the former Istanbul Stock Exchange (ISE) (Turkish: İstanbul Menkul...
13 KB (1,279 words) - 05:24, 1 November 2024
Growth of religion involves the spread of individual religions and the increase in the numbers of religious adherents around the world. In sociology, desecularization...
279 KB (27,746 words) - 05:57, 17 November 2024
buried at the Yahya Efendi's Tekke in Beşiktaş, Istanbul. Uluçay, M. Çağatay (1985). Padişahların Kadınları ve Kızları (in Turkish). Türk Tarih Kurumu. p...
2 KB (116 words) - 05:46, 8 November 2024
Gülfem Hatun (section In popular culture)
65. Brummett 1997, p. 35. Turkey, T.A.A. Istanbul within Istanbul: The Diversification of Tourism in Istanbul Project. Turing. Touring and Automobile Association...
7 KB (758 words) - 17:17, 8 November 2024
Jediism (redirect from Jedi as a religion)
is a philosophy, and, in some cases, a tongue-in-cheek joke religion, mainly based on the depiction of the Jedi characters in Star Wars media. Jediism...
13 KB (1,226 words) - 06:27, 19 October 2024
The expulsion of Istanbul Greeks (Turkish: 1964 Rum Tehciri or 1964 Rum Sürgünü) in 1964–1965 was a series of discriminatory measures by the authorities...
19 KB (2,287 words) - 21:42, 12 November 2024
Kilisesi) is the principal Eastern Orthodox cathedral located in Istanbul, the largest city in Turkey and, as Constantinople, capital of the Byzantine Empire...
20 KB (1,864 words) - 09:26, 31 October 2024
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (category Critics of religions)
Palace in Istanbul, at the age of 57; he was succeeded as president by his long-time prime minister İsmet İnönü, and was honored with a state funeral. In 1981...
231 KB (24,785 words) - 04:08, 18 November 2024
Three Daughters of Eve (category Novels set in Istanbul)
In many places, the book was recalled and retitled Confused Quest. The book centres on a wealthy, middle-aged housewife, her childhood in Istanbul and...
10 KB (1,036 words) - 00:05, 27 August 2024