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  • ISTANBUL: Syriacs Make Their Mark In Historic Meet With Gul

    SYRIACS MAKE THEIR MARK IN HISTORIC MEET WITH GUL

    Hurriyet
    July 30 2012
    Turkey

    The details regarding a recent meeting in which Turkish President
    Abdullah Gul hosted the leaders of eight of Turkey's minority
    foundations on July 27 in Istanbul have been revealed. Accordingly, the
    three participant Syriac foundations made their mark at the meeting,
    especially regarding the ongoing conflict regarding the Mor Gabriel
    (Deyrulumur) Monastery case and the relocation of the Syriac Church's
    patriarchate from Beirut to Turkey.

    During the meeting, which was planned to be 45 minutes but took about
    1.5 hours, Gul paid great attention to the problems communicated but
    didn't make any remarks about any problem, the Hurriyet Daily News
    has learned.

    The Syriac foundations also demanded the return of their historical
    patriarchate building in Mardin, which has been turned into a museum.

    In previous months, Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu held a series of
    negotiations with Syriacs on the topic and proposed bringing Beirut's
    Catholic and Damascus' Syriac Kadim patriarchates to Turkey.

    Besides the patriarchate issue, Syriac's Kadim Church foundation
    put the historical Mor Gabriel Monastery in Mardin on the agenda,
    which has been the subject of a conflict between Turkey and the Mor
    Gabriel Foundation.

    Other minority leaders also brought education problems in minority
    schools and expectations regarding citizenship rights to the table.

    Foundations Law

    Yedikule Surp Pırgic Armenian Hospital Foundation President Bedros
    Å~^irinoglu also joined the meeting to represent Armenian foundations.

    "We have already been speaking about our problems generally with Prime
    Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arınc.

    So, instead of repeating our problems to the president, we wanted to
    express our regards for his support of the Minority Foundations Law,"
    he said.

    Laki Vingas, a council member of the Foundations Directorate General
    and the organizer of the meeting, told the Daily News the meeting
    had been held under very good conditions, the leaders of minorities
    expressed their gratitude for the Foundations Law and return of
    properties and they spoke about education problems.

    In addition to Å~^irinoglu and Vingas, Syriac Catholic leader Zeki
    BaÅ~_demir, Armenian Catholic Foundation leader Bernard Sarıbay,
    Syriac Kadim Foundation representative Sait Susin, Greek Foundation
    representative Andon Parisyoanos, Jewish Community representative Sami
    Herman and Bulgarian community representative Vasil Liyaze attended
    the meeting.


    From: Baghdasarian
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