Tag: Turkey
Zakaria Mildanoglu: Turks were turning Armenian churches into cinemas where they were screening porn films
27/04/2013 Ermenihaber.am news website published an interview of architect, Istanbul-based Agos daily’s correspondent Zakaria Mildanoglu with “It’s your word” TV program, in which he told ... Read More
Protesters mark Armenian Genocide, demand compensation
Stephen Dockery The Daily Star 24/4/13 BEIRUT: Thousands marched through Beirut Wednesday to call on Turkey to recognize the genocide that involved the systematic slaughter of 1.5 million Armenians ... Read More
Israel parliament discusses Armenian genocide case despite reconciliation talks with Turkey
By Associated Press - 25/4/13 JERUSALEM — Israel’s parliament has held a special session on whether to recognize the mass killings of Armenians as genocide, even ... Read More
His Holiness Karekin II and His Holiness Aram I urge Turkey to recognize Armenian Genocide and return Armenian Churches
Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, Information Services 24/4/13 In 2015, the Armenian people of the Republic of Armenia, the Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh and the diaspora ... Read More
Govt calls for release of Syrian Orthodox archbishops
The Greek Orthodox archbishop of Aleppo, Paul Yazigi 23/4/13 Concern after the kidnapping of Greek Orthodox and Syriac Orthodox archbishops of Aleppo, Paul Yazigi and ... Read More
US Secretary Kerry urges Turkey to re-open Halki Seminary of Istanbul
ISTANBUL – Agence France-Presse 23/4/13 U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry urged Turkey today to re-open Orthodox clergy schools on Heybeliada island near Istanbul that ... Read More
Beirut march to mark Armenian genocide
The Daily Star - 18/4/13 BEIRUT: A committee organizing events to commemorate the 98th anniversary of the Armenian genocide said a march will take place ... 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 renovating Georgian church
13/4/13 Authorities are renovating the Ishkhani Georgian church in northeastern Turkey in a bid to boost tourism numbers in the Black Sea province, the Artvin provincial head ... Read More
Turkey building refugee camps for Syrian Christians, Kurds
13/4/13 Turkey is building two camps along its far southeastern border with Syria to house a growing number of refugees from Syrian minority groups, mainly ... Read More
President Gul and Turkey’s Assyrian Question
Baskin Oran Translated from Radikal (Turkey) ORİJİNAL YAZIYI TÜRKÇE OKUYABİLİRSİNİZ 4/4/13 Turkish President Abdullah Gul is someone I admire. He has been “an island of ... 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
Turkey restores Armenian churches to boost tourism
2/4/13 PanARMENIAN.Net - Turkey has resolved to reconstruct St. Mary's Church in Gürün town, Sivas Province. According to Ermenihaber.am, Mayor Mehmet Aktaş noted that the ... Read More
Georgia,Turkey Hold Mosque-for-Church Talks
Giorgi Lomsadze - 28/3/13 A new mosque will be a bridge between Turkey and Georgia, according to Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmed Davutoğlu, but, depending on how ... Read More
Avramopoulos on Hagia Sophia’s Renovation
Margarita Papantoniou - 23/3/13 “The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is closely monitoring both the developments concerning Hagia Sophia of Istanbul and the reversal of the Turkish ... Read More
Turkey Invites Wary Minorities To Return From Exile
Turkey's Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan (L) shakes hands with Archbishop Nourhan Manougian, Patriarchal Vicar of the Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem, during the international conference on ... Read More
Patriarchate to presumably take part in Oshki and Ishkhani rehabilitation
Georgia Online - 18/3/13 Georgia’s Patriarchate presumably will be involved in the negotiations on restoring Georgian cultural heritage in Turkey and construction of a mosque ... Read More
Turkey Leans Toward Opening Halki Seminary
Nicky Mariam Onti - 7/3/13 After years of resistance, the Turkish government is considering allowing the re-opening of the closed Halki Seminary, the Anatolia News agency ... Read More
Antakya, Turkey | A Biblical city’s smorgasbord
Vedica Kant 9/3/13 On a map of Turkey, the province of Hatay dangles gently from the line of the country’s southern border. Look closely and ... Read More
”This Is Simply Our Home”
Land dispute with the Turkish government and Kurdish village leaders: The Mor Gabrial is the oldest surviving Christian monastery in the world. There have been ... Read More
Orthodox patriarch opposes plan to make Hagia Sophia a mosque
22/2/13 Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople has staked out his opposition to convert the Hagia Sophia into a mosque. Once the patriarchal basilica of ... Read More