Autocephalous Turkish Orthodox Patriarchate

Autocephalous Turkish Orthodox Patriarchate Bağımsız Türk Ortodoks Patrikhanesi
Type	Eastern Orthodox
Classification	Independent Eastern Orthodox
Primate	Papa Eftim IV
Region	Turkey
Language	Turkish
Liturgy	Byzantine Rite
Headquarters	Meryem Ana Church, Istanbul
Territory	Turkey, United States
Founder	Papa Eftim I
Origin	1922 in Kayseri
Independence	1924
Recognition	Unrecognized by other Eastern Orthodox churches
Separated from	Greek Orthodox Church (1922)

The Autocephalous Turkish Orthodox Patriarchate (Turkish: Bağımsız Türk Ortodoks Patrikhanesi), also referred to as the Turkish Orthodox Church (Turkish: Türk Ortodoks Kilisesi), is an unrecognized autocephalous Eastern Orthodox organisation based in Turkey, descending from Turkish-speaking Eastern Orthodox Christians. It was founded in Kayseri by Pavlos Karahisarithis, who became the patriarch and took the name of Papa Eftim I, in 1922.^[1]