[RobbyS]

So have I. It is right next to Hagia Sophia. It is instructive that the Turkish government did not return it to the Christian Community even after Attturk “secularized” the state, but made it a museum. The small Christian community still has a hard time in Turkey.

[leilani]

Yes very difficult for Christians there, tho' I s'pose miles better than in any other predominately Muslim country, no? You'd think Ankara would want to cultivate good relations to promote foreign Christian tourism to early christian sites like Ephesus, Nicea et al for the additional revenue, if nothing else.

Ayayaye, this thread is making me crave Loukum terribly (that Turkish Delight candy or, as my waiter in Istanbul called it, Toor-keesh Vee-AHHH-grah.)

;-)