Tag: STANBUL
Patriarch Bartholomew praises Gülen’s dialogue efforts
TODAY’S ZAMAN, İSTANBUL 11/4/2012 Greek Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew has praised well-respected Turkish Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen for his efforts to build intercultural dialogue in ... Read More
Patriarch Bartholomew to demand non-Muslims have place in state
TODAY’S ZAMAN, İSTANBUL 14/2/2012 Greek Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew I will present a package of proposals to Parliament next week, emphasizing the restricted rights of minorities ... Read More
Malatya Municipality demolishes Armenian place of worship
TODAY’S ZAMAN, İSTANBUL 3/2/2012 Officials from the Malatya Municipality have demolished three buildings, including a place of worship that was under renovation, located inside an ... Read More
Armenian private’s family: Sevag was killed intentionally while serving army
YONCA POYRAZ DOĞAN ,İSTANBUL 1/2/2012 The family of a young man of Armenian descent shot dead by another private while serving in the Turkish Armed ... Read More
Armenian church reopens in Karaköy after Restoration
10/1/20111 TODAY'S ZAMAN, İSTANBUL Sunday saw St. Gregory the Illuminator Armenian Church in the Karaköy quarter of İstanbul reopen for religious services following a six-year ... Read More
Vingas: Turkey’s non-Muslims, government getting closer
1/1/2012 YONCA POYRAZ DOĞAN , İSTANBUL Laki Vingas, the first non-Muslim citizen of Turkey to be elected as a representative of non-Muslim foundations in the ... Read More
Christians in Turkey festively celebrate Christmas
Orthodox Christians celebrated Christmas with a religious service on saturday at St. Pierre Church in Hatay. (Photo: AA) TODAY'S ZAMAN, İSTANBUL 25/12/2011 The thousands of ... Read More
Amid increasing debt woes, Greeks ponder a return to İstanbul
TODAY’S ZAMAN, İSTANBUL 30/10/2011 The hardship brought on by Athens’s present fiscal woes is prompting many Greeks to consider looking for opportunities in neighboring İstanbul, ... Read More
Turkey’s Armenians demand rights, not tolerance from State
YONCA POYRAZ DOĞAN , İSTANBUL 2/10/2011 A new study, which explores various issues faced by Turkey’s Armenians in the republican period, asserts that Armenian citizens ... Read More
Clinton hails Turkey for move to return properties to non-Muslim Minorities
TODAY'S ZAMAN, İSTANBUL 14/9/2011 The Turkish government's decision to return properties that were confiscated from non-Muslim minorities in 1936 and to lift a ban on ... Read More
Armenians hold second religious ceremony at Akdamar Church
TODAY’S ZAMAN, İSTANBUL 11/9/2011 A second religious ceremony has been held since the historic Sept. 19, 2010 service at the Armenian Church of the Holy ... Read More
Non-Muslims praise law to return properties, await its Implementation
YONCA POYRAZ DOĞAN, İSTANBUL 4/9/2011 Non-Muslim groups in Turkey have praised highly the government's recent move to return properties confiscated from religious minorities since 1936, ... Read More
Places of worship special field of interest for Turkish-Armenian Architect
ESIN KAYA, İSTANBUL 17/7/2011 Turkish-Armenian architect Kevork Özkaragöz, who comes from the province of Malatya in eastern Turkey, differs from many colleagues in his profession ... Read More
550th anniversary of Armenian Patriarchate celebrated, accompanied by silent Protest
YONCA POYRAZ DOĞAN , İSTANBUL 3/6/2011 The Armenian Church and the Armenian Community in İstanbul celebrated last Sunday the 550th anniversary of the establishment of ... Read More
Syriac community gathers for Ritual
1/7/2010 Hundreds of Assyrians from Turkey and abroad convened at the 12th Great Ritual of the Syriac Kadim Community in the eastern Turkish province of ... Read More