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Tuesday, February 17, 2009

MORE DELAY in the court case over the land dispute involving the Syriac Mor Gabriel Monastery in Turkey:
Turkey Delays Assyrian Monastery Trial For the Third Time
Posted GMT 2-17-2009 2:22:4

(AINA) -- For the third time Turkey has rescheduled the hearing for the different cases regarding the land dispute of St. Gabriel Monastery. The new hearing is set for March 4. International attention increased after the state escalated the issue (AINA 2-6-2009). The hearing on February 11 was supposed to address various issues including the issue of a wall the monastery built and whether the 270 hectares that were confiscated by the government belong to the monastery. Also the new claims raised in January by the Treasury to confiscate additional 130 hectares were planned to be adjudicated.

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