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    TURKEY RETURNS 1,014 PROPERTIES TO MINORITY FOUNDATIONS

    Daily Sabah, Turkey
    Feb 11 2015

    DAILY SABAH

    Within the context of reforms toward different faith groups in
    Turkey, 1,014 confiscated foundation properties have been returned
    to minority foundations. According to information obtained from the
    Prime Ministry's Office of Public Diplomacy, a 60-acre property that
    belonged to the Mor Gabriel Foundation was returned to the Syriac
    community in 2013. A statement from the Office of Public Diplomacy
    indicated that the land of the Mor Gabriel Monastery is the largest
    land to be returned to foundations since the process of returning
    seized goods belonging to minority foundations started in 2011. A
    42,259-square-meter land that belonged to the Foundation of Yedikule
    Surp Pırgic Armenian Hospital was one of the larger restitutions. The
    Office of Public Diplomacy underlined that the evaluation process
    for some other 150 properties is still ongoing. Furthermore,
    the restoration process of houses of prayer used by communities of
    different faiths also accelerated. The Sumela Monastery in Trabzon and
    Holy Cross Church on Aghtamar in Van, St. Giragos Armenian Church in
    Diyarbakır, the Church of St. Mary of Blachernae and Surp Vortvots
    Vorodman Church, which belongs to the Mektebi Foundation, were also
    reconstructed and opened to worship in recent years.

    Currently, 165 community foundations are actively operating in Turkey.

    Of these 165 foundations the Greek community owns 76, the Armenian
    community owns 53, the Jewish community owns 19, the Syriac community
    owns 10, the Chaldean community owns three, the Bulgarian community
    owns two, the Georgian community owns one and the Maronite community
    owns one.

    http://www.dailysabah.com/politics/2015/02/11/turkey-returns-1014-properties-to-minority-foundations

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