Tag: ZAMAN

Surp Holy Cross Tibrevank Armenian Church granted foundation status

OCP- April 22, 2012

TODAY’S ZAMAN, İSTANBUL 20/4/2012 The Foundations Council of Turkey’s Directorate General for Foundations (VGM) has granted foundation status to the Surp Holy Cross Tibrevank Armenian ... Read More

Patriarch Bartholomew praises Gülen’s dialogue efforts

OCP- April 12, 2012

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

Reopening of Greek Orthodox Seminary back on agenda

OCP- March 30, 2012

27/3/2012 TODAY'S ZAMAN, ANKARA Turkey has decided to reopen a former Greek Orthodox seminary on an island off the coast of İstanbul, according to a ... Read More

Patriarch Bartholomew to demand non-Muslims have place in state

OCP- February 14, 2012

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

OCP- February 4, 2012

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 church reopens in Karaköy after Restoration

OCP- January 10, 2012

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

Christians in Turkey festively celebrate Christmas

OCP- December 26, 2011

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

OCP- October 31, 2011

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

Clinton hails Turkey for move to return properties to non-Muslim Minorities

OCP- September 14, 2011

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

OCP- September 12, 2011

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

Syriac community gathers for Ritual

OCP- July 1, 2010

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