Handbook - AB Ofisi - Hacettepe Ãniversitesi
Handbook - AB Ofisi - Hacettepe Ãniversitesi
Handbook - AB Ofisi - Hacettepe Ãniversitesi
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Ankara’s Holy Places<br />
Ankara Synagogue<br />
Ankara, due to its location, was rather a big village in<br />
the early 1900s and therefore it is natural that it does<br />
not have even one old church. Foreign embassies moved<br />
from Istanbul to Ankara prior its assignment as the new<br />
capital of the republic and overcame their worship needs<br />
by founding their own churches. Today most of the<br />
churches of town are in the gardens of the embassies. The<br />
only synagogue of Ankara is open at service hours and<br />
ceremonies. The mosques of the 14 th and 15 th century built<br />
by Seljuk and Ottoman Empire are still open to worship.<br />
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