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Tuesday, December 10, 2013

Patriarch Bartholomew’s Ataturk Misstep

On October 24 the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew visited the purported childhood home (historians disagree whether he ever lived there), now “museum” dedicated to the founder of Turkey Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, located within the Turkish Consulate complex in Thessaloniki. Bartholomew, accompanied by 10 prelates of the Patriarchate, was welcomed by Consul General Tuğrul Biltekin. The latter […]

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