Tag: Daily News
Villagers in Turkey Urge Renovations for Armenian Church Used as Barn
The Armenian church in the village of Korlu, Çatak district, 18 miles from Van. (Photo: DHA) Hurriyet Daily News - 16/3/14 VAN (Hurriyet Daily News)—An historical ... Read More
Dialogue and peace – the speech by Patriarch Bartholomew at the 17th Eurasian Economic Summit
Patriarch Bartholomew ISTANBUL - Hürriyet Daily News 9/2/14 It is once again an honor to address the Eurasian Economic Summit, which is organized each year ... Read More
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew to be honored by Boğaziçi University, Dec. 19
Istanbul, Turkey 12/13/2013 The Hurriyet Daily News recently reported that His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew will receive an honorary doctorate by Istanbul's Boğaziçi University (formerly ... Read More
Turkey’s EU Minister Bağış hosts minority leaders
EU Minister Bağış (2 L) is seen with Sait Susin, the President of the Meryem Ana Church Foundation (L), Fener Greek Patriarch Bartholomew (2 R), ... Read More
Syriacs to regain Mor Gabriel’s land, no move on Halki Seminary in ‘democratization package’
ISTANBUL – Hürriyet Daily News - 2/10/13 The land of the historic Mor Gabriel Monastery will be returned to the Syriac community in Turkey as ... Read More
Diyarbakır church to display Armenian legacy
DİYARBAKIR - Anadolu Agency – September 2013 One of Diyarbakır’s most famous churches, the Armenian church of Surp Giragos, is set to become a city ... Read More
Istanbul’s Hagia Elia Church to reopen next month
ISTANBUL- Hürriyet Daily News Vercihan Ziflioğlu vercihan.ziflioglu@hurriyet.com.tr 27/7/13 The Hagia Elia Church, which belongs to Turkey’s White Russians, is set to be reopened Aug. 2, ... Read More
Small Island
Helena Drysdale – 15/6/13 As anti-Islamist violence erupted across Turkey, another threat to the ambitions of Recep Tayyip Erdogan was the rising tension between Christians ... Read More
Ankara has reacted angrily to the Vatican for Pope’s remarks on the Genocide of Armenians
08/06/2013 Turkey has reacted angrily to the Vatican following a statement from Pope Francis describing the mass killings of Armenians during World War I ... 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
Holy springs, healing springs: Istanbul’s ayazma
Istanbul has quite a few holy springs, referred to as ayazma from the Greek, meaning holy water. The most important of the ayazmas in Istanbul ... Read More
Orthodox leaders to meet in Istanbul
‘Russia’s presence in such a meeting is a clear sign of the value given to the Fener Greek Patriarchate,’ Metropolitan of Bursa Lambriniadis says. DAILY ... Read More
Books and libraries of the past
Niki GammISTANBUL - Hürriyet Daily News 5/1/2012 Ottoman book art was rooted in the traditions of the wider Islamic world, but evolved and diversified in ... Read More
Turkish public unaware of truth of Imbros: Patriarch
Erdem Güneş erdem.gunes@hdn.com.tr ISTANBUL - Hürriyet Daily News - 15/11/2012 The Turkish public must acknowledge the injustices Greeks on Imbros island (Gökçeada) suffered in the ... Read More
New bell to be installed in St. Giragos Armenian Church of Diyarbakir
19/10/2012 A century after its establishment, the historical Surp Giragos Armenian Church in Diyarbakir reopened for worship last year. Now, the church is set to ... Read More
Armenian Church decides to end blessing mixed marriages
ISTANBUL - Hürriyet Daily News Vercihan Ziflioğlu vercihan.ziflioglu@hurriyet.com.tr 12/10/2012 Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople Armenian Patriarchate restarts regulations which nix the blessing and the church wedding ... Read More
Piano melodies to echo at historic Armenian church
Vercihan Ziflioğlu vercihan.ziflioglu@hurriyet.com.tr ISTANBUL - Hürriyet Daily News 7/9/2012 Some 97 years after being closed, the historical Surp (Holy) Giragos Armenian Church in the southeastern ... Read More
Church asks Christians in fear to stay in Syria
ISTANBUL - Hürriyet Daily News 30/8/2012 Vercihan Ziflioğlu vercihan.ziflioglu@hurriyet.com.tr Syriac clerics call on Christians in Middle East, especially those in Syria, to avoid leaving their ... Read More
Syriacs offered land already belong to other minorities
ISTANBUL - Hürriyet Daily News Vercihan Ziflioğlu vercihan.ziflioglu@hurriyet.com.tr 14/7/2012 Controversy has risen over plots of land that Turkey’s Syriac community has claimed were offered to ... Read More
Christians form fraternity
Daily News Egypt 8/7/2012 Activists from Egypt’s Coptic Christian minority have moved to buffer the rise of political Islam, particularly the Muslim Brotherhood, by establishing ... Read More
Historic Armenian School Building in Istanbul to Become Hotel
By Vercihan Ziflioğlu From Hurriyet Daily News 25/6/2012 A historical Armenian school, Mesrobyan School in Istanbul’s Gedikpaşa district, is being transformed into a hotel. Gedikpaşa ... Read More