Turkey: Istanbul Funeral Home Fosters Muslim-Christian Understanding
March 9, 2012 - 11:58am, by Constanze Letsch
Turkey
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Armenians in Turkey
More than 40 years ago, Kirkor Çapan, an ethnic Armenian, and his father set up what today is one of the last Christian funeral homes still operating in Istanbul. But the funeral parlor is not a religious island unto itself. With so few Christians left in Turkey, the stonemasons and carpenters working with Çapan are Muslim Turks.
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