Turkey is very important land for Christians and a place visitors who desire to trace their faith.

Turkey is also welcomed the Jews exiled from Spain in 1492, and has one of the world's earliest Synagogues, located in SARDIS.

The Seven Churches mentioned by St.John in the Book of Revelations (The Apocalypse) are all found in TURKEY and each was a founding community of Christianity. St.Paul was born in Tarsus , on Turkey's southern shore.He toured the Seven Churches and Roman Audiences listened to the sermons of St.Paul.

Virgin Mary lived her last years in a small cottage near Ephesus and this fact has been confirmed by the Vatican and Pope John II personally visited this place.St.Paul also wrote his Gospel here.

At last, first church of the Christianity is in Antakya named St.Pierre Church/Agios Petros.