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100 bells ring at Kumkapı Patriarchal Church
100 bells ring at Kumkapı Patriarchal Church
Surp Badarak mass in memory of April 24 has been held at the Turkey Armenian Patriarchal Church. Led by Deputy Patriarch Aram Ateşyan, the ceremony was also attended by EU Minister Volkan Bozkır. President Erdoğan’s message was also read at the ceremony where white doves symbolizing peace were released and bells were rung 100 times.
24 April 2015
Patriarchate issues invite to April 24 mass
Patriarchate issues invite to April 24 mass
The Armenian Patriarchate of Turkey has issued an invite via its official Facebook page for broad participation at mass to be held on 24 April, Friday, at the Kumkapı Virgin Mary Patriarchate Church.
20 April 2015
Patriarchate: Emphasis on ‘shared pain’, not ‘Genocide’
Patriarchate: Emphasis on ‘shared pain’, not ‘Genocide’
The Patriarchate of the Armenians of Turkey will hold mass on April 24 in memory of ‘those who lost their lives in 1915’. In his speech at mass, Archbishop Aram Ateşyan will not use the term “Genocide” but will emphasize “shared pain”.
15 April 2015 Haber Merkezi
Minority schools are not ‘commercial enterprises’
Minority schools are not ‘commercial enterprises’
Foundations General Director Adnan Ertem has stated that, according to Article 40 of the Treaty of Lausanne, Armenian schools have special status, and that it is not possible to treat them as private schools; and that therefore, legal procedures applied to private schools cannot be applied to minority schools.
1 April 2015 Baruyr Kuyumciyan
Church bells will ring across the world on April 23 –only not in Turkey
Church bells will ring across the world on April 23 –only not in Turkey
Within the scope of the Armenian Genocide Centennial Commemoration events, all Armenian Churches across the world will ring their bells at 19.15 on April 23, Thursday, in commemoration of the victims of the Genocide. However, the Istanbul Armenian Patriarchate is not participating in this commemoration ceremony.
20 March 2015 Haber Merkezi
Real estate tricks in Germüş village of Urfa
Real estate tricks in Germüş village of Urfa
Planning permission has been issued for the historical site in Germüş village, a former Armenian settlement 10 kilometres away from Urfa city centre.
19 March 2015 Ferda Balancar
Hrant Dink School students dream of a real classroom
Hrant Dink School students dream of a real classroom
The Hrant Dink School in the basement of the Gedikpaşa Armenian Evangelical Church where students from Armenia whose families have come to Turkey to work study under difficult conditions is waiting for the support of the Armenian community.
13 March 2015 Baruyr Kuyumciyan
Treasury demands ‘occupation fine’ from Bulgarian Foundation for its own building
Treasury demands ‘occupation fine’ from Bulgarian Foundation for its own building
The State of Turkey, after having seized a building that belongs to the Bulgarian Exarchate Orthodox Church Foundation, is now demanding a fee in return for occupying the building for 3 years –after returning the building to the foundation. The Treasury has issued a 50 thousand TL fine to the foundation.
26 February 2015 Uygar Gültekin
Time for Saroyan Library in Bitlis
Time for Saroyan Library in Bitlis
A new library in Bitlis will be named after William Saroyan. Journalist Ahmet Tulgar, who came up with the idea, reports that he met with Bitlis Co-Mayor Hüseyin Olan and discussed the idea for a library.
12 February 2015 Vartan Estukyan
Dadyan emerges from beneath Balyan
Dadyan emerges from beneath Balyan
The gravestone rendered illegible because it was left beneath Garabet Balyan’s gravestone has been identified as Simon Amira Dadyan’s. Both gravestones have been taken into preservation at the Archaeological Museum to be returned to the Armenian community.
4 February 2015 Baruyr Kuyumciyan
Armenians in Anatolia wait for clergy
Armenians in Anatolia wait for clergy
Although there are Armenian churches in Diyarbakır, Van and Kayseri, regular mass cannot be held because religious clergy is not appointed by the Patriarchate. There are no permanent religious officials in churches in Turkey apart from the churches in Istanbul and the church in İskenderun.
26 January 2015 Vartan Estukyan
“Armenian Question no wild card”
“Armenian Question no wild card”
Speaking at a symposium, Archbishop Aram Ateşyan, Deputy Patriarch of Turkey Armenians said “It is high time to stop the Armenian Question being used across international platforms as a wild card, as the Joker in a card deck”.
7 January 2015 Haber Merkezi
Suspect confusion at Kadıköy Church arson case
Suspect confusion at Kadıköy Church arson case
Arson, not an accident, was the cause of the fire that broke out on the night of December 7, Sunday, at the building that is home to KKBD (Holy Bible Society) and KUT (Kadıköy International Community Church). According to Pam Ohanyan of KUT, thousands of Holy Books and CDs were destroyed in the fire that broke out on the floor where the library of the church was also located.
10 December 2014 Gözde Kazaz
Arson not short circuit cause of fire at Kadıköy Church
Arson not short circuit cause of fire at Kadıköy Church
The cause of the fire at the Kadıköy International Church (KUT) was arson, an investigation has proven.
10 December 2014
Patriarch of Jerusalem Speaks out against Karekin II
Patriarch of Jerusalem Speaks out against Karekin II
A letter penned by the Armenian Patriarch of Jerusalem Nourhan Manougian addressed to Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II about lowering of the status of the Jerusalem Patriarchate to a Diocese has created great debate in the Armenian Church.
4 December 2014
Festival atmosphere at 100th anniversary celebrations of Karagözyan
Festival atmosphere at 100th anniversary celebrations of Karagözyan
The Karagözyan Orphanage Foundation has been celebrating the 100th anniversary of its founding with various events since 2013, and the events were crowned with a series of evening receptions that took place with broad participation from the community.
30 November 2014
Minority Representative to be Armenian
Minority Representative to be Armenian
The agenda of the meeting of the Interfoundational Solidarity Platform (VADİP) held on 17 November 2014 was the Minority Foundations Representative elections. The elections will be held on 28 December, and a total of 125 Greek, Armenian, Jewish and Syriac foundations will vote, the minority representative to replace Laki Vingas is expected to be Armenian.
21 November 2014
A Karabakh success story
A Karabakh success story
Artak Beglaryan, who during the Karabakh War, at the age of six, lost his sight when a landmine they played with in their back garden exploded and also lost his father at the same war, did not give up, and has today become the press secretary of the Prime Minister of Karabakh.
17 November 2014
‘We can immediately distinguish the sound of our own cymbals wherever we hear them’
‘We can immediately distinguish the sound of our own cymbals wherever we hear them’
Sarkis and Arman, the young heirs of Istanbul Agop Cymbals, explain the subtleties of the art of cymbal making
14 November 2014
This is the best response to those who say ‘Armenians should bring out their documents’
This is the best response to those who say ‘Armenians should bring out their documents’
Zakarya Mildanoğlu’s book ‘Armenian Periodicals 1794-2000’ has been published by Aras Yayıncılık. Mildanoğlu’s work brings together around 3650 Armenian periodicals from the year 1794, when the first Armenian newspaper Aztarar was published, until the year 2000. We talked with Zakarya Mildanoğlu about his book which is the product of around 30 years of work, and the over 200 year history of Armenian periodicals.
7 November 2014

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Cilicia Catholicosate demands its historical centre back
Cilicia Catholicosate demands its historical centre back
The Cilicia Catholicosate in Antelias, Lebanon, one of the two major churches of the Armenian Apostolic Church, will officially demand the return its properties in Sis (Kozan)
26 September 2014