On The Byzantine Churches that Allocated to the Armenians in Istanbul

The Byzantine churches that had survived during the Ottoman era which had been changed between Christian communities were subject within the text that translated into Turkish by H. Papazyan which name “Byzantine Churches Allocated to Armenia”. A research of the resources on Surp Kevork Church (Sulu Monastery), Odalar Mosque, Kefeli Mosque, Surp H？ra？dagabet Church, which were converted to worship of the Armenian community in Istanbul, was carried out and also the present conditions of the structures were examined. The privileges granted to the Greek congregation after the conquest of Istanbul by the Ottomans as well as to Armenians and the were resolved by allocating the Byzantine churches in the districts where the Armenian community needed these churches. The Byzantine church of Theotocos Petras was transformed into a Armenian church with the name of Tcharkhapan Sourb Astvatzatzine and the Armenian church and the Odalar Mosque, reached to the 20th century, but its in ruin. The Kefeli (Kefevi) Mosque, a Byzantine church built during the reign of Emperor Theophilus, was converted into a mosque in the Ottoman period after it was used as the St. Nicholas Catholic Church and the Armenian Church. The Surp Kevork Church (Sulu Monastery) ordered by Fatih Sultan Mehmet to be established as the Armenian Patriarchate Cathedral in 1461, Surp H？ra？dagabet Church rebuilt in 1835 continue to exist as churches that belonging to the Armenian community. In these Byzantine churches in Istanbul, the transformation of the structures between Greek and Armenian Christian communities can be regarded as the first period, the changing among the communities with the same religion but different sects is the second period. Transformation from the Christian community to the Muslim community and reaching the Republican period constitutes the third period of the structures