TheHoly Trinity Church (Turkish:Kutsal Üçlü Ermeni Kilisesi,Armenian:Սուրբ Երրորդություն եկեղեցի) orSurp Yerrortut'yun Church is a historicalArmenian Apostolic temple in the former Armenian quarter calledHoshnudiye (nowadaysTepebaşı) of the Western Turkish town ofEskishehir. It was turned into anadult theater after the Armenians of the town were deported and killed during theArmenian genocide.
The church was built in the 19th century. After the Armenian genocide in 1915, the church was sold by the Turkish state and used as theAsri Cinema of 1945 which showed sex movies only after 1974. A restoration plan started in 2009. The church building is currently used as theZübeyde Hanım Cultural Centre named after the mother of the founding father ofTurkey,Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.
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