Abstract
ABSTRACT Bas, Mustafa, Turkish Orthodox Patriarchy From Its Establishment Time to the Present Day, PhD Thesis, Advisor: Prof. Dr. Abdurrahman Küçük, p. 187 The present thesis examines the activities of the Turkish Orthodox Patriarchy beginning from its rise to the present day and comprises four chapters with an introduction. In Introduction, brief information about the reason why this subject was preferred for thesis as well as its limitations, sources and methodology pursued is given. The introductory section also accounts the spread of Christianity among the Turks and of those who converted into Christianity. This is followed by a brief account of settlements of Turkish clans in Anatolia. In the first chapter, this study primarily deals with the Turkish Orthodoxies during the Independence War of Turkey. It also evaluates the issue of the Christian population in Anatolia, Greek Orthodox Patriarchy of Fener and its political activates at that time, the Christian groups opposed Greek occupation and the political activities of Fener Patriarchy, the activities of Papa Eftim, and the establishment of Turkish Orthodox Patriarchy. The second chapter focuses upon the state of Turkish Orthodoxies after the proclamation of the Republic of Turkey. Within this framework, it discuses the struggle between Papa Eftim and Fener Patriarchy, the initiatives of the Fener to ensure a dialogue with the government, appointment of Eftim as Acting Patriarch as well as his dismission, taking the Patriarchy in Kayseri into Istanbul. Besides this, it also examines the years in which the exchange of population with Greece took place; the Patriarchy lost its congregation, its relation with the Turkish governments and struggles with the Fener Patriarchy. In the third chapter, the Turkish Orthodox Patriarchy's main the places of worship, the issue of the Church Boards and the worship in Church are tackled. The last chapter mainly focuses upon the Turkic world of today and present situation of Turkish Orthodox Patriarchy. The religious state of Turkic World of today, the Christian and Muslim Turkic clans, the concept of orthodoxy and national patriarchies are examined. This chapter draws our attention to the activities of Churches trying to ensure hegemony upon Christian Turks and importance of unity among the Turks and role to be played by the Patriarchy to achieve this curial goal. At the end some concluding remarks concerning similarities and diversities of the Fener Patriarchy and Turkish Orthodox Patriarchy are mentioned. ?we. <«£££« JSS5^
