Turkey's Christian community prays for peace

Christian community in Turkey's Hatay province say Operation Olive Branch in Syria's Afrin region will make them more secure as it will bring peace to the region.

Picture shows interior decoration of a church in Turkey's Hatay province.
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Picture shows interior decoration of a church in Turkey's Hatay province.

There are 2,500 Christians living in Turkey's Hatay province, on the country's border with Syria. 

Most of them live in the city of Antakya, and Operation Olive Branch is never far from their minds. 

TRT World's Nafisa Latic visits Saint Peter and Paul's Orthodox church, the second oldest church in the world, after Jerusalem's. 

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