Their properties have been given back, what about seized Foundations?

ORHAN KEMAL CENGİZ o.cengiz@todayszaman.com 1/9/2011 If you do not know the story of non-Muslim foundations in Turkey, I can summarize it as follows: In 1936, non-Muslim foundations in Turkey were requested to declare their immovable property to the government. In 1974, when the Cyprus crisis happened and the situation escalated, the Supreme Court of Appeals made a decision regarding the non- Muslim foundations’ declarations and said that the declarations of 1936 would be considered under their regulation and if there was no explicit clause saying that these foundations may acquire new property, then all acquisitions of new properties after 1936 should be deemed invalid