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Diaspora
Turkey Returns Property To Mesochori Community
The Turkish state, after a decision taken by the General Directorate of Foundations (GDF), yielded to the community of Ortaköy (spelled Mesochori in Greek), a small village, within the Beşiktaş district of Istanbul, Turkey, a building that had previously...
Europe
Imvrians Called to Return Home
With approval earlier this year from Turkish officials for the reopening of a Greek minority school on the island of Imvros, which the Turks call Gökçeada, Greeks are hoping their brethren will come back.
The bell in the Greek school...
Europe
Turkish Authorities Give Back Large Area of Land to Greek Community of Istanbul
Turkish authorities gave back to the Greek Orthodox foundation based in Istanbul an area of 98 acres situated close to Kandilli, in the Asian part of northern Bosphorus. This area was attached by Turkish officials illegally and after so many...