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HISTORIC SCHOOL RETURNED
Hurriyet
Nov 7 2012
Turkey
An Armenian foundation has received back an Istanbul school building,
following a court case that lasted 30 years.
The historic Bomonti Mıhitaryan School in Istanbul's Bomonti
neighborhood, which belonged to the Surp Ä~^azar Armenian Catholic
Mıhitarist Monastery and School Foundation but was not registered
in the 1936 Declaration, was returned to the foundation after a trial
held on Nov. 1.
'Justice has been served'
"Justice has been served," the foundation's head, Rita Nurnur, told the
Hurriyet Daily News, adding that the Director General of Foundations,
Adnan Ertem, had first advised them to open a law case on the issue.
"When the foundation law entered into force, we filed two appeals with
the Foundations Directorate General, but both of them were rejected.
The esteemed Ertem then advised to us to open up a new case against
the Directorate. Legally, the procedures should have progressed in
that way originally," Nurnur said.
Turkey's minorities were obliged to declare their properties in 1936
upon a government request. However, many of the properties did not
remain registered under the names of the minority foundations and
many were even sold to third parties in subsequent years.
November/07/2012
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/historic-school-returned.aspx?pageID=238&nID=34105&NewsCatID=339
Hurriyet
Nov 7 2012
Turkey
An Armenian foundation has received back an Istanbul school building,
following a court case that lasted 30 years.
The historic Bomonti Mıhitaryan School in Istanbul's Bomonti
neighborhood, which belonged to the Surp Ä~^azar Armenian Catholic
Mıhitarist Monastery and School Foundation but was not registered
in the 1936 Declaration, was returned to the foundation after a trial
held on Nov. 1.
'Justice has been served'
"Justice has been served," the foundation's head, Rita Nurnur, told the
Hurriyet Daily News, adding that the Director General of Foundations,
Adnan Ertem, had first advised them to open a law case on the issue.
"When the foundation law entered into force, we filed two appeals with
the Foundations Directorate General, but both of them were rejected.
The esteemed Ertem then advised to us to open up a new case against
the Directorate. Legally, the procedures should have progressed in
that way originally," Nurnur said.
Turkey's minorities were obliged to declare their properties in 1936
upon a government request. However, many of the properties did not
remain registered under the names of the minority foundations and
many were even sold to third parties in subsequent years.
November/07/2012
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/historic-school-returned.aspx?pageID=238&nID=34105&NewsCatID=339