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Hurriyet, Turkey
Jan 4 2012
Court rules in favor of Armenian hospital
ISTANBUL - Hürriyet Daily News
Vercihan ZiflioÄ?lu
An Istanbul court has ruled in favor of the Surp Pırgiç Armenian
Hospital-Foundation to impose an interim injunction over foundation
lands that had been expropriated by the state and transferred over to
Zeytinburnu Municipality in 1985.
`The AKP [Justice and Development Party] blazed a trail in Republican
history with the [passing of] the Foundations Law. The prime minister
issued a directive for the return of our properties. An AKP mayor is
now going against a law legislated by the head of the party, and more
significantly, by a prime minister,' Bedros Å?irinoÄ?lu, the head of the
foundation, told the Hürriyet Daily News on Jan. 3.
The court decided to impose the interim junction over a
43,160-square-meter estate occupied by Istanbul's Zeytinburnu
Municipality in accordance with the new Foundations Law.
People who want to buy the tracts in question had begun visiting the
hospital, leading the foundation to file the suit to impose the
interim injunction, Ali ElbeyoÄ?lu, the lawyer for the Armenian
Patriarchate of Turkey, told the Daily News.
Zeytinburnu Municipality was planning to build a stadium over the
grounds in question but has now suspended the project due to the
court's ruling, the municipality's press adviser, Ä°smail Uluhan, told
the Daily News but did not elaborate further.
Å?irinoÄ?lu said they had filed the suit without even first attempting
to contact the municipality due to the new Foundations Law and added
they were planning to construct Istanbul's third Armenian hospital
over the territory in dispute.
The land was originally bought during the 19th century by Calouste
Gülbenkyan, the founder of Lisbon's Gülbenkyan Museum. Gülbenkyan then
donated the land to the foundation to provide a continuous income for
the hospital.
`We would have had a rough time unless the Foundations Law had gone
into effect,' ElbeyoÄ?lu said, adding that the municipality had been
accruing unlawful profits through the estate since it was expropriated
in 1985.
January/05/2012
Jan 4 2012
Court rules in favor of Armenian hospital
ISTANBUL - Hürriyet Daily News
Vercihan ZiflioÄ?lu
An Istanbul court has ruled in favor of the Surp Pırgiç Armenian
Hospital-Foundation to impose an interim injunction over foundation
lands that had been expropriated by the state and transferred over to
Zeytinburnu Municipality in 1985.
`The AKP [Justice and Development Party] blazed a trail in Republican
history with the [passing of] the Foundations Law. The prime minister
issued a directive for the return of our properties. An AKP mayor is
now going against a law legislated by the head of the party, and more
significantly, by a prime minister,' Bedros Å?irinoÄ?lu, the head of the
foundation, told the Hürriyet Daily News on Jan. 3.
The court decided to impose the interim junction over a
43,160-square-meter estate occupied by Istanbul's Zeytinburnu
Municipality in accordance with the new Foundations Law.
People who want to buy the tracts in question had begun visiting the
hospital, leading the foundation to file the suit to impose the
interim injunction, Ali ElbeyoÄ?lu, the lawyer for the Armenian
Patriarchate of Turkey, told the Daily News.
Zeytinburnu Municipality was planning to build a stadium over the
grounds in question but has now suspended the project due to the
court's ruling, the municipality's press adviser, Ä°smail Uluhan, told
the Daily News but did not elaborate further.
Å?irinoÄ?lu said they had filed the suit without even first attempting
to contact the municipality due to the new Foundations Law and added
they were planning to construct Istanbul's third Armenian hospital
over the territory in dispute.
The land was originally bought during the 19th century by Calouste
Gülbenkyan, the founder of Lisbon's Gülbenkyan Museum. Gülbenkyan then
donated the land to the foundation to provide a continuous income for
the hospital.
`We would have had a rough time unless the Foundations Law had gone
into effect,' ElbeyoÄ?lu said, adding that the municipality had been
accruing unlawful profits through the estate since it was expropriated
in 1985.
January/05/2012