Religious and Educational Activities of American Protestant Missionaries in Bursa

Volume: 2 Number: 1 March 19, 2016
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Religious and Educational Activities of American Protestant Missionaries in Bursa

Abstract

Since ancient times in history, Bursa has been a city of political, social and commercial prominence. Understanding the prominence of Bursa, American missionaries started to get organized in Bursa only 14 years after their missionary acts started in Anatolia by establishing a station in Bursa in 1834.

Missionaries carried out many activities in Bursa. The most important ones of these activities are in the field of education and religion. They have excelled in their activities in religious field by establishing the Bursa Protestant Church on 25 July 1848. They expanded their activities by distributing Bibles

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References

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Primary Language

English

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Authors

Ayhan Öztürk
CUMHURIYET UNIVERSITY, FACULTY OF EDUCATION
Türkiye

Özgür Yıldız
MUGLA SITKI KOCMAN UNIVERSITY, FACULTY OF EDUCATION
Türkiye

Publication Date

March 19, 2016

Submission Date

March 13, 2013

Acceptance Date

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Published in Issue

Year 2013 Volume: 2 Number: 1

APA
Öztürk, A., & Yıldız, Ö. (2016). Religious and Educational Activities of American Protestant Missionaries in Bursa. Cumhuriyet Uluslararası Eğitim Dergisi, 2(1). https://izlik.org/JA57HP57CM

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