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Ankara: Turkish-Cypriots Have Right to Exploit Natural Resources

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras' statements during a joint press conference with the President of the Republic of Cyprus, Nicos Anastasiades, during his first official visit abroad, in Nicosia, caused Ankara's fierce reaction. "Tsipras' statements during his visit to the...

Lakis Vigas Remains Representative of Minorities in Turkey

After the Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey Bülent Arınç, reassured that the drafting of a new electoral rule concerning the minority institutions is his priority, Mr. Lakis Vigas announced his decision to remain representative of the non-Muslims of Vakoufia...

Turkey Accuses Greece of Doubting their Religious Freedoms

Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc suggested last week, that he would like to see Hagia Sophia as a mosque. The diplomatic argument between Greece and Turkey continued this Wednesday with the announcement that the Turks have “nothing to...

Bulent Arinc Wants to See Hagia Sophia as Mosque

The deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc has expressed his hope to see Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia Museum turned into a mosque. With this statement he has expanded the agenda of social and religious changes which are planned by the government. During...

Diaspora University Planned For Istanbul

On Sept. 16, the administration of the Central Girls School in Istanbul presented, during an event, its targets concerning the establishment of a Greek Diaspora university in Istanbul. Contacts with Turkey’s government Vice President, Bulent Arinc, and the General Directorate...

Turkey Attaches Conditions for Halki Seminary

The Turkish government appears to attach conditions for the reopening of the Halki seminary, (formally the Theological School of Halki). Vice-Prime Minister of Turkey Bülent Arınç stated that for the reopening of the School, “A number of conditions have to...

Arınç Asks Greece To Reopen Halki Seminary

Greece ought to take some steps forward to address grievances of the Turkish minority in Western Thrace. This would as a result help the Turkish government towards the reopening of a Greek Orthodox theological seminary on the island of...

Istanbul’s Greeks Demand Citizenship Restoration

The Greek population of Istanbul, which was rather forced to leave Turkey because of the sociopolitical situation, is now asking for its citizenship rights’ restoration, Sunday’s Zaman reported. Greeks in İstanbul, known as Rums (Turkey’s Greeks), are finally given the...