Tag: Turkey
Building mosques to restore churches
13/2/2012 Georgian church On February 9, the Georgian Patriarchate released a statement condemning a recent agreement between the Georgian and Turkish governments, on the restoration ... Read More
Turkish elderly man guards Armenian Church
10/2/2012 TRABZON. - Hasim Kantekin, 78, guards St. Amenaprkich Armenian Church (built in 1424) in Trabzon, Turkey. Hasim Kantekin told Anadolu agency that the church ... Read More
Plans are ready for restoring 2 Armenian churches in Malatya, Turkey
9/2/2012 The Provincial Hall of Turkey’s Malatya Province completed its plan for the restoration of two Armenian churches in the Province, and it sent the ... Read More
97th Anniversary Commemoration of the Armenian Genocide to Be Held in Times Square, Sunday, April 22, 2-4 pm
6/2/2012 Theme "Turkey Is Guilty of Genocide: Denying the Undeniable Is a Crime"; Armenian Genocide experts and survivors available for interviews. NEW YORK, Feb. 6, ... Read More
Turkey warns Europe against mounting racism, Islamophobia
1/2/2012 ANKARA: Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday warned of rising racism and Islamophobia in Europe as he once again denounced a recent ... Read More
Turkey welcomes appeal of ‘genocide’ law
By Tony Todd 01/02/2012 Some 130 French parliamentarians have lodged an appeal with the country’s constitutional court to overturn a controversial bill that would criminalise ... Read More
Step-by-Step, Greek-Turkish Relations Warm
1/2/2012 The decision by the Turkish Ministry of Education to allow the reopening of a minority primary school on the northeastern Aegean island of Gokceada ... Read More
Exploring the Tur Abdin a forgotten treasure of southeastern Turkey
29 /1/2012 PAT YALE , MARDİN Imagine a landscape of narrow country roads hemmed in by dry stone walls. Imagine village after honey-colored village, each ... Read More
Commentary: Georgia’s Chokehold on Armenia Reaches Critical Level
By Edmond Y. Azadian 26/1/2012 While Armenian news media outlets have been concentrating on the French Senate action criminalizing the denial of the Armenian Genocide, ... Read More
Turkey: 10,000 mark journalist’s death 5 yrs on
Associated Press 19/1/2012 More than 10,000 protesters marked the fifth anniversary of a Turkish-Armenian journalist’s murder on Thursday as outrage continues to grow over a ... Read More
“TURKEY SHOULD LOOK AT ITS OWN RECORD ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND DENIAL,” Said Aram I in his TV Interview
December 2011 On Friday 23 December 2011, during an interview with OTV, the Lebanese station, and the Yerkir Media, His Holiness Aram I criticized the ... Read More
Archbishop Aykazian: Turkey will apologize for Genocide
3o/12/2011 Emil Sanamyan WASHINGTON - Archbishop Vicken Aykazian is the Washington-based Legate of the Eastern Diocese of the Armenian Church and a prominent figure in ... 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
Istanbul Armenian Church Seeks Return of Tuzla Orphanage
30/12/2011 According to a news report in today’s Hurriyet, Pastor Krikor Ağabaloğlu of the Gedikpaşa Armenian Protestant Church has filed a formal application with Turkey’s ... Read More
Turkey’s only all-Armenian village a lens to the past
29/12/2011 Turkey's Vakifli Koyu is the only place in Turkey with a population that is only Armenian. The population is dwindling, but tourism and innovative ... Read More
Israeli lawmakers wrestle with marking deaths in Armenia
By Izzy Lemberg, CNN 26/12/2011 STORY HIGHLIGHTS Israeli parliamentary committee debates issue of mass deaths in Armenia Committee looked at establishing an official memorial day ... Read More
Ateshian: French Resolution Freezes Turkish Armenian Relations
27/12/2011 The acting Patriarch of Turkish Armenians Aram Ateshian has said that involvement of other thoughts would freeze Turkish-Armenian relations. Commenting on a resolution criminalizing ... Read More
Agos Editor-in-Chief Koptaş: Turkey cannot be democratic until the past is settled
27/12/2011 Rober Koptaş, editor-in-chief of the bilingual Armenian weekly Agos, has said Turkey will never be a fully democratic country until it faces its past ... 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
2011 Christmas Encyclical of His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew
Istanbul, Turkey 12/20/2011 + B A R T H O L O M E W By the Mercy of God Archbishop of Constantinople-New Rome and ... Read More
Turkish delegation from Turkey visits the Diocese of Zahumlje-Herzegovina
23/12/2011 Serbian Church Consul general of the Republic of Turkey in Mostar Tulgo Bermek and representatives of Turkish agency for development (TIKA) with the seat ... Read More