In Turkey
Levantines continue to live in Istanbul (mostly in the districts of Galata, Beyoğlu and Nişantaşı), İzmir (mostly in the districts of Karşıyaka, Bornova and Buca), and the lesser port city Mersin where they had been influential for creating and reviving a tradition of opera. Famous people of the present-day Levantine community in Turkey include Franco-Levantine Caroline Giraud Koç and Italo-Levantine Giovanni Scognamillo.
Most of Turkey's small Roman Catholic community are Levantines.
Read more about this topic: Levantines (Latin Christians)
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