The 700-year-old Saint Michael Church in the Akçaabat district of northeastern Turkey’s Trabzon province, restored for use in social and cultural events by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, will serve as a museum to attract local and foreign tourists.
The former church, renamed Ortamahalle Museum after its location in the historical Ortamahalle quarter, will shed light on history through both archaeological and ethnographic artifacts it will house. Akçaabat Mayor Osman Nuri Ekim told Anadolu Agency (AA) that the church survived from the 11th and 12th centuries to the present day.
Ekim said that restoration work was launched during the tenure of former Mayor Şefik Türkmen. “And it has been completed during…