President Erdoğan receives Syriac patriarch (opens original article in a new tab)

President Erdoğan met with Syriac patriarch Mor Ignatius Aphrem II and Fener Greek Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew at the presidential complex in Ankara.

• President Erdoğan received Syriac patriarch Mor Ignatius Aphrem II at the presidential complex in Ankara.
• The Syriac community's first church in the Republic era was built under Erdoğan's governments and opened in 2023 in Istanbul.
• Erdoğan also received Fener Greek Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew in a recent meeting.