Papa Eftim II (born Yiorghos Karahisarithis ( el, Γιώργος Καραχισαρίδης), later changed to Turgut Erenerol; 1920,
Ankara
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– 1991,
Istanbul
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) was the elder son of
Papa Eftim I
Papa Eftim I, born Pavlos Karahisarithis ( el, Παύλος Καραχισαρίδης; 1883 – 14 March 1968), , the founder of the
Autocephalous Turkish Orthodox Patriarchate
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, an
unrecognised Orthodox Christian denomination, with strong influences from
Turkish nationalist
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ideology.
Karahisarithis was a doctor of medicine by profession. He became patriarch after Papa Eftim I resigned in 1962 due to ill health. While his father survived until 14 March 1968, Eftim II took over office ruling from 1962 until his death on 9 May 1991. He was succeeded by his younger brother
Papa Eftim III.
1991 deaths
Turkish nationalists
20th-century Turkish physicians
Eastern Orthodox Christians from Turkey
Turkish people of Greek descent
Autocephalous Turkish Orthodox Patriarchate
1920 births
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