Community of Saint Demetrios, Tatavla (Kurtuluş)
Kurtuluş Aya Tanaş Aya Dimitri Aya Lefter Rum Ortodoks Kilisesi ve Mektebi Vakfı
A Rum community foundation (vakıf) in Kurtuluş.
- Official name
- Kurtuluş Aya Tanaş Aya Dimitri Aya Lefter Rum Ortodoks Kilisesi ve Mektebi Vakfı
- District
- Kurtuluş
- Type
- Church
- Status
- Unknown
- Location
- Map (OpenStreetMap)
The foundation comprises three sites of the Tatavla community: the churches of Saint Demetrius and Saint Athanasius and the cemetery of Saint Eleftherios. Saint Demetrius is the oldest church of the quarter: it already existed in the late 16th century, was rebuilt from the foundations in 1726 and was the community’s only parish church until the mid-19th century. Its courtyard contains a cemetery that was used until 1865. The church of Saint Athanasius was built in 1855, and the community cemetery of Saint Eleftherios was established in 1880.
The three-storey building of the Central School, opposite Saint Demetrius, was inaugurated on 31 May 1887, while a girls’ school operated from 1859 to 1937.
The information on this page is documented by the sources listed at the end.
Sources
- Rum Vakıfları Derneği — Vakıflarımız
- Σύνδεσμος Υποστήριξης Ρωμαίικων Κοινοτικών Ιδρυμάτων — Τα βακούφια μας
- ΚΟΙΝΟΤΗΤΑ ΑΓΙΟΥ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ ΤΑΤΑΟΥΛΩΝ — rumvader.org
- Kurtuluş Aya Tanaş Aya Dimitri Aya Lefter Rum Ortodoks Kilisesi ve Mektebi Vakfı — rumvader.org
- Ανδριανοπούλου Κ., «Ταταύλα», Εγκυκλοπαίδεια Μείζονος Ελληνισμού, Κωνσταντινούπολη (2008) — St Demetrius (late 16th century, rebuilt 1726), St Athanasius 1855, St Eleftherios cemetery 1880, schools
- Aya Dimitri Kilisesi (Şişli) — Vikipedi (tr) — courtyard cemetery used until 1865; coordinates of St Demetrius; accessed 2026-10
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