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ARMENIAN COMMUNITY DEMANDS FROM TURKEY TO RETURN DINK'S ORPHANAGE
Panorama
Aug 31 2011
Armenia
As soon as Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan signed a decree on
returning the properties of national minorities back to their owners,
Hrant Dink's brother Orhan Dink and the fund of Armenian community
Gedikpasha have taken an initiative to demand back Tuzla's orphanage,
where Hrant Dink had grown up. According to "Ermenihaber.am" news
website they demand to return the church to Armenian protestant church
of Gedikpasha.
"When the orphanage which belonged to the church was passed to other
owners, compensation wasn't paid to the fund. The state has owned the
money. Thus, according to the new law, the orphanage must be returned
back to its real owners," said Orhan Dink.
Adnan Ertem, the director of Turkish Funds, said if any application
is submitted, it will be discussed, but most probably the orphanage
will be left to its current owners.
It's said that Hrant Dink dreamed of returning the orphanage back to
the Armenian community.
Panorama
Aug 31 2011
Armenia
As soon as Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan signed a decree on
returning the properties of national minorities back to their owners,
Hrant Dink's brother Orhan Dink and the fund of Armenian community
Gedikpasha have taken an initiative to demand back Tuzla's orphanage,
where Hrant Dink had grown up. According to "Ermenihaber.am" news
website they demand to return the church to Armenian protestant church
of Gedikpasha.
"When the orphanage which belonged to the church was passed to other
owners, compensation wasn't paid to the fund. The state has owned the
money. Thus, according to the new law, the orphanage must be returned
back to its real owners," said Orhan Dink.
Adnan Ertem, the director of Turkish Funds, said if any application
is submitted, it will be discussed, but most probably the orphanage
will be left to its current owners.
It's said that Hrant Dink dreamed of returning the orphanage back to
the Armenian community.