Tag: AKP
Turkey’s Christian Minority Sends Four Deputies to Parliament
Erol Dora, an Assyrian in Turkey, was elected to the Turkish Parliament. http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com - June 2015 Turkey's Christian minority will be represented in the Turkish parliament ... Read More
Turkish Minority Stages Mass Rally in Istanbul
http://www.albawaba.com - 9/2/15 Thousands of members of a religious minority in Turkey gathered in the center of Istanbul Sunday, demanding human rights and the preservation of ... Read More
Vandalized Armenian church to be reconstructed in Turkey’s Mush
PanARMENIAN Network - May 2014 PanARMENIAN.Net - Plans for reconstruction of the vandalized St. Marine Church in Armenian district of Mush have been announced, with ... Read More
Turkey Returns Less Than Half of Assyrian Monastery’s Land it Seized
World Watch Monitor - 14/3/14 The Turkish Ministry of EU Affairs welcomed March 2 the returnof property, seized by the country's treasury, to the world's oldest ... Read More
Turkey’s Christians Support the Protests
Burcin Gercek - 7/6/13 Assyrians, Armenians, Greeks, or Latin Catholics, Christian minorities in the country share their Turkish compatriots’ anger. “I do not think that the ... Read More
Turkey: On Murder Anniversary, Doubts Remain Over Christians’ Safety
19/4/13 On April 18 each year, a small group gathers at a cemetery in the city of Malatya in eastern Turkey to sing hymns and ... Read More
Turkey Parliamentarians Argue Over Who Killed Armenians
4/1/2013 ANKARA, Turkey (A.W.)—The Grand National Assembly of Turkey (TGNA) witnessed an argument between parliamentarians over who killed the Armenians in the Ottoman Empire in ... Read More
Turkish education minister makes surprise visit to Armenian Foundation
VERCİHAN ZİFLİOĞLU ISTANBUL – Daily News with wires 22/5/2011 Education Minister Nimet Çubukçu paid a surprise visit to the Surp Pırgiç Armenian Hospital Foundation and ... Read More
Istanbul Rums pondering before Turkey’s General Elections
ARIANA FERENTINOU 1/5/2011 Some additional professional commitments during the last few weeks brought me closer to the small Greek Orthodox community of the Rums (Anatolian ... Read More