Turkey: Syriacs to regain Mor Gabriel’s land in ‘democratization package’Background here and links. Cross-file under "Syriac Watch."
Tuesday 1 October 2013
ISTANBUL – Hürriyet Daily News
The land of the historic Mor Gabriel Monastery will be returned to the Syriac community in Turkey as part of the “democratization package” announced by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan today, while the package fell short of meeting the expectations that the Halki Seminary could be reopened.
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Tuesday, October 01, 2013
Mor Gabriel Monastery update
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