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ISTANBUL'S GREEKS OPEN PUBLISHING HOUSE
Hurriyet
June 4 2012
Turkey
The Greek minority in Istanbul's Karakoy has established a new
publishing house 50 years after the community last published a book.
"We will publish books in both Turkish and Greek, but most of them
will be in Turkish. We will try to introduce Greek translations
first hand," Haris Rigas, one of editors at ISTOS publishing house,
recently told the Hurriyet Daily News.
Greeks used to publish books, but they stopped doing so in the 1960s
when relations between Turkey and Greece soured over the Cyprus
problem, said Rigas and Seckin Erdi, ISTOS' other editor.
"Many Greeks left Turkey at the time; the number of Greeks declined
and so did the cultural and social life," said Rigas. "The last book
was published in Istanbul 50 years ago. Our first book will be Fener
Greek Patriarchate Press Secretaries Dosiethos Anagnastopulos' book,
which is on the trauma of immigrants who went to Greece because of
the political tension."
Rigas said they were taking weekly Agos and Aras Publishing House,
which are both operated by the Armenian community, as examples.
"On one hand we will have to fight against nationalism, on the other
hand, we will have translating and editing problems, as well economical
difficulties, but we will not hesitate," he said.
From: Baghdasarian
Hurriyet
June 4 2012
Turkey
The Greek minority in Istanbul's Karakoy has established a new
publishing house 50 years after the community last published a book.
"We will publish books in both Turkish and Greek, but most of them
will be in Turkish. We will try to introduce Greek translations
first hand," Haris Rigas, one of editors at ISTOS publishing house,
recently told the Hurriyet Daily News.
Greeks used to publish books, but they stopped doing so in the 1960s
when relations between Turkey and Greece soured over the Cyprus
problem, said Rigas and Seckin Erdi, ISTOS' other editor.
"Many Greeks left Turkey at the time; the number of Greeks declined
and so did the cultural and social life," said Rigas. "The last book
was published in Istanbul 50 years ago. Our first book will be Fener
Greek Patriarchate Press Secretaries Dosiethos Anagnastopulos' book,
which is on the trauma of immigrants who went to Greece because of
the political tension."
Rigas said they were taking weekly Agos and Aras Publishing House,
which are both operated by the Armenian community, as examples.
"On one hand we will have to fight against nationalism, on the other
hand, we will have translating and editing problems, as well economical
difficulties, but we will not hesitate," he said.
From: Baghdasarian