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Greek Orthodox Patriarch Backs Turkey’s Syria Mission
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (L) and Greek Orthodox Archbishop of Constantinople and Ecumenical Patriarch, Bartholomew I (file photo) Turkish media on Friday reported that the Greek...
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Greek, Turkish Journalists Meet in Istanbul
Panel of senior Greek and Turkish reporters with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew (center) A panel of Greek and Turkish journalists has met in Istanbul to debate coverage of Greece and Greek issues...
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Self-Exiled Greeks Return to Visit their Home in Istanbul
Istanbul’s Greek community has withered since the anti-Greek pogrom of 1955. Self-exiled Greeks returned for a visit to Istanbul this week decades after they were forced to leave their homes in fear of...
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Uber is a Terrorist Group and its Users are Traitors, Says Istanbul Taxi Boss
Irfan Ozturk, head of the Istanbul Taxi Drivers’ Union The ride-sharing firm Uber is a terrorist group born in the U.S. “where the traitors who shoot and kill my soldiers in Afrin bleed”. These...
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Patriarch Bartholomew: Halki Theological School will Reopen Soon
The Halki Theological School will open again soon, according to the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew. Bartholomew commented on the school re-opening at a meeting with the delegation of the American...
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Muslims to Pray in Hagia Sophia on Saturday (video)
(Picture from Muslim prayer in Hagia Sophia on May 13, 2018) A call to Muslims to Pray in Hagia Sophia in Istanbul in the early hours of Saturday is advertised widely. The call is for 4:00am. Hagia...
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Historic Greek Orthodox Church in Istanbul Opens after Three Years of...
The historic Orthodox Church of St. George, a UNESCO world heritage site, has been opened with a ceremony after undergoing a three-year restoration, in Istanbul. Since about 1600, it has been the seat...
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Video Reveals At-Risk State of Istanbul’s Former Greek Orphanage
The Prinkipo Greek Orphanage, built in 1899, and one of the largest wooden buildings in the world, closed in 1964. A new video is showing a behind-the-scenes look at the largest wooden building in...
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Turkish Nationalist Group Invaded İstanbul’s Hagia Sophia Church to Pray (video)
In protest to US President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, members of the Alperen Ocakları; an offshoot of the Turkish nationalist movement the Grey Wolves, prayed at Hagia...
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Turkey Seizes 26,456 Smuggled Artifacts Dating Back to Ancient Civilizations
Turkish police have seized tens of thousands of artifacts dating back to Anatolian, Greek and Egyptian civilizations, in its largest operation to combat smuggling of ancient treasures, in the past...
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Report: Original Hagia Sophia Tiles Smuggled to France
A panel of tiles in Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia Museum were smuggled to France in the 1890s and replaced with imitations, according to museum director Hayrullah Cengiz. “You can see the logo seal ‘made in...
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Aeschylus’ Ancient Greek Drama in Istanbul with Syrian Actresses
One of the most celebrated ancient Greek dramas will be staged in Turkey for the first time, and with the participation of Syrian women in the production, the play is also set to convey a strong...
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Greek Orthodox Patriarch Backs Turkey’s Syria Mission
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (L) and Greek Orthodox Archbishop of Constantinople and Ecumenical Patriarch, Bartholomew I (file photo) Turkish media on Friday reported that the Greek...
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Greek, Turkish Journalists Meet in Istanbul
Panel of senior Greek and Turkish reporters with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew (center) A panel of Greek and Turkish journalists has met in Istanbul to debate coverage of Greece and Greek issues...
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Self-Exiled Greeks Return to Visit their Home in Istanbul
Istanbul’s Greek community has withered since the anti-Greek pogrom of 1955. Self-exiled Greeks returned for a visit to Istanbul this week decades after they were forced to leave their homes in fear of...
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Uber is a Terrorist Group and its Users are Traitors, Says Istanbul Taxi Boss
Irfan Ozturk, head of the Istanbul Taxi Drivers’ Union The ride-sharing firm Uber is a terrorist group born in the U.S. “where the traitors who shoot and kill my soldiers in Afrin bleed”. These...
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Patriarch Bartholomew: Halki Theological School will Reopen Soon
The Halki Theological School will open again soon, according to the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew. Bartholomew commented on the school re-opening at a meeting with the delegation of the American...
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Video Reveals At-Risk State of Istanbul’s Former Greek Orphanage
The Prinkipo Greek Orphanage, built in 1899, and one of the largest wooden buildings in the world, closed in 1964. A new video is showing a behind-the-scenes look at the largest wooden building in...
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Ecumenical Patriarchate To Recognize Ukrainian Church’s Autocephaly Despite...
The Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, that is considered as First among Equals in the Orthodox Christianity, announced that it will start the procedure for the official recognition of the...
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Turkey’s Constitutional Court To Decide If Hagia Sophia Will Become A Mosque
The Constitutional Court of Turkey is due to decide on Thursday whether Hagia Sophia will be turned into a place of Muslim worship after an appeal made by a private organization called “Authority for...
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