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ARMENIAN CHURCH IN TURKEY TO BE HANDED OVER TO FRIENDS OF ARMENIA SOCIETY
Trend, Azerbaijan
Dec 9 2013
By Rufiz Hafizoglu - Trend: Baku, Azerbaijan, Dec 9, 2013: A church
in the Turkish province of Sivas located in the territory belonging
to the Armed Forces will be restored and handed over to the Friends
of Armenia Society, Turkish Sabah newspaper reported on Dec.9.
This step will be taken as part of the package of measures for
democratisation in the country, according to the newspaper.
It is expected that churches and monasteries located in the territories
belonging to the Armed Forces will be handed over to other religious
minorities in the near future, the newspaper said.
The democratisation package also envisages lifting the ban on hijab
headscarves in the Turkish state organisations, except for the
Armed Forces.
The package of measures for democratization was ambiguously perceived
by Turkish opposition. In particular, Turkish Nationalist Movement
Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahceli said that the package of measures
does not take into account the rights of the Turkish people,and it
is detrimental to the interests of the people and contrary to the
public interest.
It was also reported that the Republican People's Party appealed to
the Turkey's Constitutional Court for imposition of a ban on wearing
hijab headscarves in the public places.
Translated by lz
Edited by sm
From: A. Papazian
Trend, Azerbaijan
Dec 9 2013
By Rufiz Hafizoglu - Trend: Baku, Azerbaijan, Dec 9, 2013: A church
in the Turkish province of Sivas located in the territory belonging
to the Armed Forces will be restored and handed over to the Friends
of Armenia Society, Turkish Sabah newspaper reported on Dec.9.
This step will be taken as part of the package of measures for
democratisation in the country, according to the newspaper.
It is expected that churches and monasteries located in the territories
belonging to the Armed Forces will be handed over to other religious
minorities in the near future, the newspaper said.
The democratisation package also envisages lifting the ban on hijab
headscarves in the Turkish state organisations, except for the
Armed Forces.
The package of measures for democratization was ambiguously perceived
by Turkish opposition. In particular, Turkish Nationalist Movement
Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahceli said that the package of measures
does not take into account the rights of the Turkish people,and it
is detrimental to the interests of the people and contrary to the
public interest.
It was also reported that the Republican People's Party appealed to
the Turkey's Constitutional Court for imposition of a ban on wearing
hijab headscarves in the public places.
Translated by lz
Edited by sm
From: A. Papazian