Halki Seminary

US Secretary Kerry urges Turkey to re-open Halki Seminary of Istanbul

April 23, 2013 Featured News

ISTANBUL – Agence France-Presse 23/4/13 U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry urged Turkey today to re-open Orthodox clergy schools on Heybeliada island near Istanbul that has been kept closed for more than 40 years. “It is our hope that the Halki seminary will open,” Kerry said during a press conference in Istanbul after two days [...]

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Turkey Leans Toward Opening Halki Seminary

March 10, 2013 Featured News

Nicky Mariam Onti - 7/3/13 After years of resistance, the Turkish government is considering allowing the re-opening of the closed Halki Seminary, the Anatolia News agency reported. Deputy Prime Minister Bülent Arınç said the institution should be reopened to educate clerics for the Orthodox community, saying “minorities have the same rights as us” while he was [...]

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Turkey Mulls Re-opening Halki Seminary

January 31, 2013 Featured News

Andy Dabilis - 29/1/13 After much prodding from Greece and international pressure, the Turkish government is examining at least two formulas for the reopening of the Greek Orthodox seminary on Halki island off Istanbul, the Hurriyet daily said, adding that Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has already appointed a new committee headed by his undersecretary, Efkan [...]

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Halki Seminary Gets 470 Acres From Turkey

January 19, 2013 News

Andy Dabilis - 18/1/13 Turkey’s Council of Foundations – part of Turkey’s Directorate General for Foundations (VGM) agreed on Jan. 11 to return 190 hectares, some 470 acres, of forest land to the Greek Orthodox Halki (Heybeliada) Seminary in İstanbul. According to the decision, the land will be given to the seminary’s owner, the Aya Triada [...]

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World Press on Orthodox Christians’ rights in Turkey (July 12, 2012)

July 13, 2012 Featured News

12/7/2012 Today Hurriyet published an article by Mustafa Akyol headlined ‘Why do they hate the Ecumenical Patriarchate?’ devoted to the problem of Orthodox Christians’ rights in modern Turkey. ” The other night, I hosted Emre Öktem, an associate professor of international law, on my weekly TV program called “Political Reason.” Our main focus was the [...]

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‘Erdoğan saved future of Greek Orthodox Patriarchate’

April 12, 2011 Featured News

11/4/2011 The spokesperson of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate, Father Dositheos Anağnostopulos, has said Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan saved the future of the patriarchate by offering Turkish citizenship to a number of archbishops in 2009. In an interview with the Star daily, Anağnos-topulos said there were 12 archbishops on the patriarchate’s Spiritual Board at [...]

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Greek patriarch repeats call to reopen Halki Seminary

March 3, 2011 Featured News

FULYA VATANSEVER ,İSTANBUL 2/3/2011 The 40-year silence of the Halki (or Heybeliada) seminary must end, said Greek Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew I, repeating a long-time demand of the patriarchate, on Monday night at the premiere of the documentary “The Silent School” commemorating the 50th anniversary of his graduation from the seminary. Tracing the historical background of [...]

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