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Hurriyet Daily News, Turkey
Jan 3 2015
Syriacs in Istanbul will get new church, Turkish PM says
ISTANBUL ` Anadolu Agency
Turkey's Syriac community will build a new church in the YeÅ?ilkoy
neighborhood of Bakırkoy district in Istanbul, an area close to
Atatürk Airport, prime ministry officials have said.
Turkey's Syriac community will build a new church in the YeÅ?ilkoy
neighborhood of Bakırkoy district in Istanbul, an area close to
Atatürk Airport, prime ministry officials said Jan. 2.
The decision came during a meeting of Prime Minister Ahmet DavutoÄ?lu
with representatives of non-Muslim minority communities at the prime
ministry's office in Istanbul, known as the Dolmabahçe Palace.
The state will allocate an area for the construction of the church,
the officials added.
The religious representatives and the prime minister discussed these
communities' issues during the meeting, where DavutoÄ?lu emphasized
unity during his speech.
He said that when talking about religious communities, they were
evaluated as if they were affiliated to another country. "All
[representatives] are equal and real citizens of the Republic of
Turkey," he said.
DavutoÄ?lu also invited the religious leaders for a New Year's meal at
the Prime Ministry's office.
Fener Greek Patriarch Bartholomew; Deputy Armenian Patriarch
Archbishop Aram AteÅ?yan; Chief Rabbi Ä°shak Haleva; Istanbul Syriac
Orthodox Church Metropolitan Yusuf Çetin; Turkish Ambassador to the
Vatican Mehmet Paçacı; Monsignor Yusuf SaÄ?, patriarchal vicar of
Turkey for Syrians; and Levon Zekiyan of the Apostolic Administrator
of the Armenian Archieparchy of Istanbul, all participated in the
lunch at the prime ministerial office in Dolmabahçe Palace.
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/syriacs-in-istanbul-will-get-new-church-turkish-pm-says.aspx?pageID=238&nID=76446&NewsCatID=339
From: A. Papazian
Jan 3 2015
Syriacs in Istanbul will get new church, Turkish PM says
ISTANBUL ` Anadolu Agency
Turkey's Syriac community will build a new church in the YeÅ?ilkoy
neighborhood of Bakırkoy district in Istanbul, an area close to
Atatürk Airport, prime ministry officials have said.
Turkey's Syriac community will build a new church in the YeÅ?ilkoy
neighborhood of Bakırkoy district in Istanbul, an area close to
Atatürk Airport, prime ministry officials said Jan. 2.
The decision came during a meeting of Prime Minister Ahmet DavutoÄ?lu
with representatives of non-Muslim minority communities at the prime
ministry's office in Istanbul, known as the Dolmabahçe Palace.
The state will allocate an area for the construction of the church,
the officials added.
The religious representatives and the prime minister discussed these
communities' issues during the meeting, where DavutoÄ?lu emphasized
unity during his speech.
He said that when talking about religious communities, they were
evaluated as if they were affiliated to another country. "All
[representatives] are equal and real citizens of the Republic of
Turkey," he said.
DavutoÄ?lu also invited the religious leaders for a New Year's meal at
the Prime Ministry's office.
Fener Greek Patriarch Bartholomew; Deputy Armenian Patriarch
Archbishop Aram AteÅ?yan; Chief Rabbi Ä°shak Haleva; Istanbul Syriac
Orthodox Church Metropolitan Yusuf Çetin; Turkish Ambassador to the
Vatican Mehmet Paçacı; Monsignor Yusuf SaÄ?, patriarchal vicar of
Turkey for Syrians; and Levon Zekiyan of the Apostolic Administrator
of the Armenian Archieparchy of Istanbul, all participated in the
lunch at the prime ministerial office in Dolmabahçe Palace.
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/syriacs-in-istanbul-will-get-new-church-turkish-pm-says.aspx?pageID=238&nID=76446&NewsCatID=339
From: A. Papazian