Turkey returns Selamet Han to Armenian Foundation

Bedros Şirinoğlu TODAY’S ZAMAN, İSTANBUL 18/2/2011 The Selamet Han in İstanbul’s Eminönü area, which was among properties confiscated from non-Muslim religious minority foundations in Turkey in 1974, has been returned to the Surp Pırgiç Ermeni Hastanesi Vakfı (Armenian Surp Pırgiç Hospital Foundation) thanks to the Law on Foundations, which was passed in 2008. The law paved the way for the return of assets and property previously seized from non-Muslim foundations by the state