Hagia Triada Church, Ayvalık

Hagia Triada (Greek: Ἁγία Τριάδα, Turkish: Aya Triada Kilisesi), meaning Holy Trinity, was a Greek Orthodox church in Ayvalık, Turkey. After the Greco-Turkish population exchange in 1922, it has been converted into a mosque and is now a museum.

It was built in 1846 by the Greek population of the city. After the 1923 population exchange between Greece and Turkey, the church was converted into a mosque and was called Biberli Cami.

Between 1953 and 1984, the building was used as a tobacco warehouse for the Turkish government tobacco and alcoholic beverage company, Tekel. After the 1984 law that aimed to preserve the cultural heritage sites, the building was left unoccupied.

In 2004, the building was assigned to the Turkish Culture Ministry. The ministry asked Ayvalık Municipality to turn it into a cultural center, but this didn't happen. In 2020, the regional cultural and natural heritage preservation board granted approval to the restoration of the Hagia Triada Church and the conversion into a cultural museum.

Hagia Triada covers an area of 400 Square metre.

The church was a basilica with three naves and a gallery floor above the narthex. Stone masonry and...