Turkey is lastly taking steps to reopen the Halki Greek Orthodox seminary, a long-standing bone of rivalry between the 2 Aegean neighbors because it was closed by the Turkish state in 1971, in keeping with report in Karar each Monday.
The front-page report, titled “Shock on the Theological Faculty,” suggests reopening the seminary is being thought of as a part of a second wave of government-prepared reforms. of Turkey after the March 31 native elections.
In response to the report, the Minister of Training Yusuf Tekin, along with a delegation, visited the location on Could 29 for a gathering with officers of the Ecumenical Patriarchate and the Greek Orthodox group. Tekin is alleged to be reviewing the political and authorized measures taken thus far.
The problem was reported at a gathering in Ankara between Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan final month. In an interview with Kathimerini a day earlier than the assembly, Erdogan mentioned that “efforts are persevering with” to reopen the college.
