[Gamecock]

You're citing a trinket stand, no doubt run by a Turkish muslim, selling Greek Orthodox icons with some sort of Turkish charm on them as emblematic of "indigenous Roman Catholic practice"???

The site is run by the the Catholic Church. Also, see the Priests and Nuns hanging around out front? What are they? Chopped liver?

[Campion]

I'll stand corrected, and retract the comment about it not being a Catholic shrine.

You are nevertheless in a Muslim country with a long tradition of repressing Christian belief and practice. Our Greek Orthodox friends can tell you all about that.

Nor does the selection of junk offered by a trinket salesman reflect any sort of "indigenous Roman Catholic practice," which doesn't exist in Turkey.