ANKARA'S DECREE ON RETURNING CHURCHES TO CHRISTIANS IS ANOTHER PR CAMPAIGN, THE ARMENIAN TURKOLOGIST STATES
Mediamax
Aug 30 2011
Armenia
The Turkish government's decree on returning church properties to
the Christian communities is another PR campaign to support Prime
Minister Erdogan.
Turkologist Anush Hovhannisyan stated this during today's press
conference, Mediamax reports.
"It's an attempt to gain the favor of Istanbul Armenians and other
Christian minorities for whom this is a small but a positive step. But
when we examine the issue from the viewpoint of the property of all
Armenians these are just trifling fragments", said the turkologist.
Anush Hovhannisyan informed that 30 titles of property were confiscated
from the Armenian community of Turkey in 1936-1974, and the Armenian
community owned about 2500 churches, 450 temples and over 2000
educational institutions before the Genocide.
As for the private property, according to the calculations done by
the sub-committee established within Treaty of Sevres, the Armenians
suffered about USD10bln material losses.
Mediamax
Aug 30 2011
Armenia
The Turkish government's decree on returning church properties to
the Christian communities is another PR campaign to support Prime
Minister Erdogan.
Turkologist Anush Hovhannisyan stated this during today's press
conference, Mediamax reports.
"It's an attempt to gain the favor of Istanbul Armenians and other
Christian minorities for whom this is a small but a positive step. But
when we examine the issue from the viewpoint of the property of all
Armenians these are just trifling fragments", said the turkologist.
Anush Hovhannisyan informed that 30 titles of property were confiscated
from the Armenian community of Turkey in 1936-1974, and the Armenian
community owned about 2500 churches, 450 temples and over 2000
educational institutions before the Genocide.
As for the private property, according to the calculations done by
the sub-committee established within Treaty of Sevres, the Armenians
suffered about USD10bln material losses.