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Antalya-Demre.St.Nicholas , Bishop of Myra, is generally known as Santa Claus or Father Christmas in the Christian world. St. Nicholas lived and died in Demre where a church was consec-rated in his memory in the sixth century. The Interna-tional Santa Claus Festival in Demre and Kaş takes place between December 6 and 8 every year and has become a traditional event.
Denizli-Laodicea (Goncalı) Church. The antique city of Laodicea, six kilometers north of Denizli, is named after Laodike, the wife of the Seleucid King Antiochos II who ruled the region during the Hellenistic
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Balıkesir-Ayvalık-Taxiyarhis & St. Nicholas Churches. The Taxiyarhis Church, decorated with Biblical scenes from the Old and New Testaments, is visited as a sacred site by Orthodox Christians. |
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| In addition to the sites already mentioned, the Hacı Bayram Mosque and Tomb in Ankara; the Veysel Karani and İbrahim Hakkı tombs in Siirt, the Grand (Ulu) Mosque in Sivas; the Yunus Emre Tomb in Eskişehir; the Dayr-ul Zaferan Monastery in Mardin; the Twin Minaret Madrasah in Erzurum; the Sumela Monastery in Trabzon; the Akdamar Island and Church as well as the Çarpanak Churches in Van; Deyle, Derbe and the Thousand and One Churches in Karaman; Ani ruins in Kars and the Great Ağrı Mountain are among the myriad of sites which make Turkey an excellent destination for faith tourism. |
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