Turkish PM Erdogan issues decree on minorities’ protection

PanARMENIAN.Net - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has instructed officials and civil servants to avoid emergence of any difficulties in their formal dealings with national minority representatives in Turkey.

The decree reads that minorities’ problems have not been solved entirely, despite efforts exerted for democratization and improvement in issues concerning minorities in Turkey over the past years.

Erdogan has ordered to take prompt actions for protection and maintenance of minorities’ cemeteries, inclusion of court decrees in favor of minority foundations in land registry offices and swift legal action on publications inciting hatred for non-Muslim communities.

The premier's decree was published in Official Gazette on May 13, the Anatolian Agency reported.

According to Turkey’s Constitution, Armenians, Greeks and Jews are national minorities of the country.