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General Congregation of the Anatolian Turkish Orthodox

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The General Congregation of the Anatolian Turkish Orthodox (in Turkish Umum Anadolu Türk Ortodoksları Cemaatleri) was a pro-Turkish nationalist Orthodox Christian group set up in 1922 and mainly active in the Turkish-speaking, Eastern Orthodox Christian Karamanlides population of central Anatolia.[1] Unlike most Greek Orthodox Christians, they identified themselves as Turkish rather than Greek and supported Kemal Atatürk.[2]

At the time, it had support from the Orthodox Bishop of Havza, as well as numerous other congregations.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "The Political Role of the Turkish Orthodox Patriarchate (so-called)". www.atour.com.
  2. ^ Page 58, The last dragoman: the Swedish orientalist Johannes Kolmodin as scholar, Elisabeth Özdalga
  3. ^ Page 152, The last dragoman: the Swedish orientalist Johannes Kolmodin as scholar, Elisabeth Özdalga