Tag: ANKARA
Turkey denies kidnapped Syrian bishops held in Turkey
ANKARA - 12/8/13 The Turkish Foreign Ministry has dismissed the claims that two kidnapped Syrian bishops were held in Turkey. Greek Orthodox Bishop Boulos Yaziji ... Read More
Turkey Increases Security for Orthodox Patriarch
ANKARA - 10/5/13 An official says Turkish authorities have tightened security for the Istanbul-based Orthodox Patriarchate following allegations of a plot to attack the spiritual ... Read More
Armenian church in Turkey rings bell for first time in nearly 100 years
DİYARBAKIR / ANKARA - Doğan News Agency - 2/4/13 The Armenian community has rung the bells of Diyarbakır’s Surp Giragos Armenian Church for the first ... Read More
Turkish President Gül includes minority leader on Sweden trip
Sevil Küçükkoşum sevil.kucukkosum@hdn.com.tr ANKARA - Hürriyet Daily News 9/3/13 In the first ever state visit by a Turkish head of state, President Abdullah Gül will ... Read More
President Gül meets Syriac Church leader
20/2/13 ANKARA - Anatolia News Agency President Abdullah Gül welcomed Patriarchal Vicar of the Syriac Orthodox Church Mor Filiksinos Yusuf Çetin on Feb. 18 along ... Read More
Reopening of Greek Orthodox Seminary back on agenda
27/3/2012 TODAY'S ZAMAN, ANKARA Turkey has decided to reopen a former Greek Orthodox seminary on an island off the coast of İstanbul, according to a ... Read More
Armenians ask for equal citizenship in new charter
ANKARA - Hürriyet Daily News 14/3/2012 Göksel Bozkurt göksel.bozkurt@hurriyet.com.tr Acting Patriarch Aram Ateşyan, the religious leader of Turkish Armenians, asked for equal citizenship for all ... Read More
Turkish government ‘firm’ on solving woes of minorities
ANKARA - Anatolia News Agency 4/3/2012 Turkey has taken several steps to ensure the rights of the country’s non-Muslim religious minorities after decades of official ... Read More
Gov’t gives green light to opening of seminary
ISTANBUL/ANKARA - Hürriyet Daily News 27/2/2012 Deputy Prime Minster says there is no law in Turkey to ban the opening of a seminary to raise ... Read More
Quake cracks dome of ancient Armenian Church in Van
ASLIHAN AYDIN, ANKARA 28/10/2011 The 10th-century Armenian Church of the Holy Cross on Akdamar (Ahtamar) Island in Lake Van has a crack in its dome ... Read More
Another Armenian church to be restored in Turkey (photo)
10/8/2011 ANKARA. - Another Armenian church will be renovated in Turkey, this time in Izmir province. Saint Sargis church will be restored at the expenses ... Read More
Cleric slams abuse of women in Turkey
ANKARA - Hürriyet Daily News 21/7/2011 The mistreatment of women is the result of “excessive ignorance” about Islam, Turkey’s chief cleric said Thursday, following the ... Read More
US Armenians hail passage of ‘return of churches’ Bill
Ümit Enginsoy ANKARA – Hürriyet Daily News 21/7/2011 Several U.S. Armenian groups on Thursday welcomed the passage of a “return of churches” measure by a ... Read More
Patriarch blesses Greek diplomat-artist’s Exhibition
ÜMİT ENGİNSOY ANKARA – Hürriyet Daily News 3/7/2011 Istanbul’s Greek Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew I said late Wednesday that he is the staunchest supporter of peace ... Read More