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Church of St John the Baptist

TIME : 2016/2/19 2:48:35

This church (1805) has been sadly neglected by modern Turkey; an American charitable society is largely responsible for its upkeep. Preservation is non-existent, with graffiti scrawled where the altar once was, but there are faded Byzantine frescoes on some walls and atmosphere added by choral music and birds flitting through the windows.

If you have a spare kuruş, there's a shallow wishing well before the church entrance.