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    ATTORNEYS VARTKES YEGHIAYAN AND RITA MAHDESSIAN HONOURED IN GREECE

    Gibrahayer
    28/09/09

    Attorneys Vartkes Yeghiayan and Rita Mahdessian were recently honoured
    in Athens, Greece, for their efforts in repatriating the legal
    rights of the Eastern Greeks. In 2008, Attorney Yeghiayan facilitated
    the setting up of a voluntary settlement program with New York Life
    Insurance Company for heirs of Greeks who had purchased life insurance
    policies in the Ottoman Empire prior to 1915. The total value of the
    voluntary program was $15 million.

    In a magnificent setting at Dora Stratou Amphitheatre at the
    Acropolis, the Federation of Refugee Associations of Greece, the
    Pan-Pontian Federation of Greece, the Ecumenical Federation of
    Constantinopolitans and the Pan-Hellenic Federation of Thracian
    Associations, jointly honoured the lawyers with a rich cultural
    program including performances by nine Greek traditional folkloric
    dance ensembles. The event, which took place on September 14, 2009,
    was attended by some two thousand people, including former Greek Prime
    Minister Yiannis Grivas, who presented the awards, representatives
    from the Mayor's Office, the press and the political parties.

    The ceremony was preceded by a one day International Conference on
    September 12, 2009, at the Auditorium of Athens Parnassos Literary
    Society, on the occasion of the 54th Anniversary of Septemvriana
    (Istanbul prior to 1955 - The Restitution of M inorities as
    a prerequisite for Respect of Human Rights in Turkey). The topics
    covered the Mechanisms of confiscation of properties and persecution
    during the Second World War.

    Many notables spoke. Among them, Assistant Professor Iakovos Aktsglov,
    Assistant Professor Ioannis Ktistaskis, Representatives of Swedish
    and European Parliaments, four scholars from Turkey, and Attorney
    Vartkes Yeghiayan.
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