Turkish Government Challenged on Orthodox Properties

May 18, 2009

Turkish Government Challenged on Orthodox Properties

From a website connected with the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Constantinople:

The Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate has declared intentions to appeal to Turkish courts, and should that fail, to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg regarding the 23 Orthodox foundations and communities that have been confiscated by the Turkish government's religious foundation directorate.

May 18, 2009 2:46:09 PM

3 Comments

As Stuart pointed out elsewhere this is the Orthodox batting Turkey around with their desire for EU membership.

Posted by: Nick | May 19, 2009 at 01:20 PM

BTW, the captcha seemed to get confused...anyone else having a problem?

Posted by: Nick | May 19, 2009 at 01:21 PM

The Orthodox Church is certainly using the EU as leverage, but their concerns and complaints are real. Turkey treats minorities - religious and ethnic - poorly.

Full disclosure: I'm married to a Turk.

Posted by: TM | May 19, 2009 at 08:39 PM

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