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 the '' Asri Cinema '' of 1945 which showed sex movies only after 1974 . A restoration plan started in 2009 . The church building is currently used as the '' Zübeyde Hanım Cultural Centre '' named after the mother of the founding father of Turkey , Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
Armenian Genocide
Armenian Genocide
Holy Trinity Church, Eskişehir