Abstract
The article is devoted to the Greek Orthodox presence in Eastern Anatolia in the Modern period. The main sources of the research are historical works of the christian arabs, manuscripts, publications of archival documents, the press of the 19th — early 20th centuries. The objects of the analysis are bishoprics of the Church of Antioch in Upper Mesopotamia, Upper Euphrates valley and southern Georgian territories (Samtsckhe, Akhaltzih) included into the jurisdiction of the Patriarchate of Antioch after the Ottoman conquest. The research deals with demographic, linguistic and cultural situation of the local Greek Orthodox population, as well as reasons of their decline and disappearance.
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