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Hurriyet Daily News, Turkey
Dec 15 2012
Minorities `given entire asset rights'
ISTANBUL - Hürriyet Daily News
by Vercihan ZiflioÄ?lu
Turkey's Foundations Directorate General has organized a seminar on
new regulations regarding minority foundations.
Held in Galata Greek School in Istanbul on Dec. 13, the seminar titled
`The Legal Condition of the Minority Foundations' was the first of its
kind in the Republican period.
Foundations Directorate General's Chief Inspector Okan Saydam, the
foundations' Istanbul 1st Region deputy head Ebru Günaydın and Laki
Vingas, who is in charge of minority foundations in the Directorate,
were present at the seminar. Also, representatives of minority
communities, including Armenian, Greek, Syriac and Jewish foundations
showed a great interest in the seminar.
Saydam spoke to the Hürriyet Daily News about the latest developments
the Directorate is working on. He said they cancelled the elective
regulation of minority foundations and were working on a new one,
which would be announced soon.
`Many law cases were opened to the elective processes of some
foundations. Administrators could resist holding an election. Also,
voter lists were not organized in an effective way. The new elective
regulation we are working on will prevent such problems,' Saydam said.
`From now on, minority foundations will be able to invest in the stock
market and they will be able to sell and buy stock certificates as
long as they inform the Foundations Directorate General,' Saydam said.
With the new Foundation Law that came into effect in August 2011, a
one-year period was given for the minority foundations to receive back
their property. According to Vingas, 1,560 appeals were made for
property return by Armenian, Greek, Jewish, and Syriac communities
within this period. Vingas also remarked on the new elective
regulation, saying they hoped the problems on election matters to be
solved with the new system. Vingas, who is of Greek origin, also spoke
specifically on the problems of Greek community foundations. `The
population of the Greek community is very low, so we have problems in
terms of administration,' Vingas said.
December/15/2012
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/minorities-given-entire-asset-rights.aspx?pageID=238&nID=36898&NewsCatID=339
Dec 15 2012
Minorities `given entire asset rights'
ISTANBUL - Hürriyet Daily News
by Vercihan ZiflioÄ?lu
Turkey's Foundations Directorate General has organized a seminar on
new regulations regarding minority foundations.
Held in Galata Greek School in Istanbul on Dec. 13, the seminar titled
`The Legal Condition of the Minority Foundations' was the first of its
kind in the Republican period.
Foundations Directorate General's Chief Inspector Okan Saydam, the
foundations' Istanbul 1st Region deputy head Ebru Günaydın and Laki
Vingas, who is in charge of minority foundations in the Directorate,
were present at the seminar. Also, representatives of minority
communities, including Armenian, Greek, Syriac and Jewish foundations
showed a great interest in the seminar.
Saydam spoke to the Hürriyet Daily News about the latest developments
the Directorate is working on. He said they cancelled the elective
regulation of minority foundations and were working on a new one,
which would be announced soon.
`Many law cases were opened to the elective processes of some
foundations. Administrators could resist holding an election. Also,
voter lists were not organized in an effective way. The new elective
regulation we are working on will prevent such problems,' Saydam said.
`From now on, minority foundations will be able to invest in the stock
market and they will be able to sell and buy stock certificates as
long as they inform the Foundations Directorate General,' Saydam said.
With the new Foundation Law that came into effect in August 2011, a
one-year period was given for the minority foundations to receive back
their property. According to Vingas, 1,560 appeals were made for
property return by Armenian, Greek, Jewish, and Syriac communities
within this period. Vingas also remarked on the new elective
regulation, saying they hoped the problems on election matters to be
solved with the new system. Vingas, who is of Greek origin, also spoke
specifically on the problems of Greek community foundations. `The
population of the Greek community is very low, so we have problems in
terms of administration,' Vingas said.
December/15/2012
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/minorities-given-entire-asset-rights.aspx?pageID=238&nID=36898&NewsCatID=339