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ARMENIAN PROTESTANTS TO FILE CASE
Hurriyet Daily News
Sept 27 2012
Turkey
The Armenian Protestant Church Foundation in GedikpaÅ~_a is preparing
to file a lawsuit against the General Directorate of Foundations
for the properties that have not been returned as part of the law on
foundations passed last year.
The church has not been able to take back the Tuzla orphans' camp,
the construction of which was contributed to by killed Turkish-Armenian
journalist Hrant Dink. The General Directorate of Foundations decided
to pay 140,000 Turkish Liras to the foundation for a four-story
building located in one of the busiest streets of GedikpaÅ~_a, despite
it actually being worth one million liras. The decision was announced
under the name of the General Directorate of Foundations Istanbul 1st
District Office's Foundation Services Department. Krikor Agabaloglu,
the pastor of the church, spoke to the Hurriyet Daily News about the
latest developments on the issue. "Our land in Tuzla was not returned
and now they are proposing 140,000 liras for a building that costs
one million. This is shameful; they are ridiculing us," he said. "We
have five foundations and only two of them have been returned. We are
struggling to survive with only the support of the church community."
Agabaloglu said the building's price would be determined with an
expert review and a lawsuit would be filed as soon as possible.
Turkey's minority groups in 1936 were forced to give the government
declarations detailing the property in their possession.
Hurriyet Daily News
Sept 27 2012
Turkey
The Armenian Protestant Church Foundation in GedikpaÅ~_a is preparing
to file a lawsuit against the General Directorate of Foundations
for the properties that have not been returned as part of the law on
foundations passed last year.
The church has not been able to take back the Tuzla orphans' camp,
the construction of which was contributed to by killed Turkish-Armenian
journalist Hrant Dink. The General Directorate of Foundations decided
to pay 140,000 Turkish Liras to the foundation for a four-story
building located in one of the busiest streets of GedikpaÅ~_a, despite
it actually being worth one million liras. The decision was announced
under the name of the General Directorate of Foundations Istanbul 1st
District Office's Foundation Services Department. Krikor Agabaloglu,
the pastor of the church, spoke to the Hurriyet Daily News about the
latest developments on the issue. "Our land in Tuzla was not returned
and now they are proposing 140,000 liras for a building that costs
one million. This is shameful; they are ridiculing us," he said. "We
have five foundations and only two of them have been returned. We are
struggling to survive with only the support of the church community."
Agabaloglu said the building's price would be determined with an
expert review and a lawsuit would be filed as soon as possible.
Turkey's minority groups in 1936 were forced to give the government
declarations detailing the property in their possession.