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  • ANKARA: Leader Of Turkish Armenian Community Writes Erdogan About Co

    LEADER OF TURKISH ARMENIAN COMMUNITY WRITES ERDOGAN ABOUT CONCERNS

    Hurriyet, Turkey
    Sept 29 2006

    The leader of the Armenian Orthodox community in Turkey, Patriarch
    Mesrob II, has written a letter to Prime Minister Recep Tayyip
    Erdogan expressing discomfort with what he called the "indexing of
    the Armenian communities' concerns on those of the Greek Orthodox
    community." Mesrob II's letter comes following a week in which the
    subject of "reciprocity" between Turkey and Greece on the subject of
    the internal treatment of eachothers' ethnic minorities has been a
    focus of parliamentary debate.

    In his letter to Erdogan, Mesrob II expressed the following: "The
    Armenian community is seriously concerned that its matters are being
    indexed on those of the Greek Orthodox community.....We think that
    we are being victimized on account of struggles between Turkey and
    Greece."

    Mesrob II also touched on the question of education for children of
    Armenian citizenship living in Turkey, noting that due to tolerance
    displayed by the leaders of the Turkish Republic, there are currently
    30 to 40 thousand Armenian citizens living here. The religious
    leader pushed Erdogan to allow the children of Armenian citizens to
    be allowed to study in Armenian schools under the provision of the
    National Education Ministry, which are currently only for citizens
    of the Turkish Republic.

    http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/english/5170 772.asp?gid=74
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