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Only Turkish Christians, <1% of the Turkish population, celebrate Christmas. However, since the most important Patriarchate of the Orthodox Church is in Istanbul, many Christians come from abroad to celebrate Christmas with the Patriarch.
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∙ 9y ago
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∙ 12y agoNo, as a matter of fact, Turkey doesn't even have Christmas. Turkey is a Muslim country, Christmas is not celebrated. It is a very common belief that the main meal of the Turkish is turkey, but it actually isn't
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∙ 9y agoTurkey does not have any national celebrations of Christmas, as Turkey is over 95% Muslim or Atheist from a Muslim background. However, there is the Patriarch of Constantinople (pictured above) who presides in Istanbul as the head among equals of the Orthodox Church. He leads the largest Christmas service and prayer in Turkey. There are smaller services in isolated Churches throughout the rest of the country. However, many of these celebrations are muted, so as not to antagonize their Muslim neighbors. (While most of them are tolerant, there are numerous hooligans that cause unnecessary problems for the Christian congregants.)
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∙ 14y agoChristians do and Turkey prides itself on being a secular country.
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∙ 14y agoWell it depends on what religion they are. If thy're christian or catholic, then yes. If they're Jewish, then no. If thery're Muslim (which they usually are), then no.
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∙ 13y agoTurkey doesn't celebrate Christmas, only celebrates the new year on 31th of December.
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∙ 12y agoSame as regular Christmas traditions, but on a different day. Their Christmas is our New Year's Eve.
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