Tag: Daily News

Villagers in Turkey Urge Renovations for Armenian Church Used as Barn

OCP- March 16, 2014

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

OCP- February 9, 2014

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

OCP- December 14, 2013

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

OCP- November 30, 2013

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’

OCP- October 2, 2013

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

OCP- September 14, 2013

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

OCP- July 27, 2013

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

OCP- June 15, 2013

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

OCP- June 8, 2013

  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

OCP- March 9, 2013

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

OCP- March 2, 2013

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

OCP- March 2, 2013

‘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

OCP- January 5, 2013

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

OCP- November 15, 2012

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

OCP- October 20, 2012

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

OCP- October 12, 2012

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

OCP- September 7, 2012

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

OCP- August 30, 2012

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

OCP- July 16, 2012

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

OCP- July 9, 2012

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

OCP- June 26, 2012

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