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Monday, August 26, 2013

Turkey Hints Halki Seminary Could Re-Open

(Photo/Reuters/Osman Orsal) The Greek Orthodox Seminary in Heybeliada Island near Istanbul which was closed by the Turkish government in 1971. Greece and the Diaspora have been lobbying for its re-opening. Turkey, which wants to join the EU, is signaling it may now relent. Justice Minister Sadullah Ergin has signaled that the Halki Greek Orthodox Seminary on Istanbul's Heybeliada Island ...

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