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  • ISTANBUL: Syriacs in Istanbul will get new church, Turkish PM says

    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




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