Turkey’s Justice Ministry refuses to discuss return of Sis CatholicosateJune 16, 2016 - 17:46 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Turkey’s Justice Ministry refused to discuss the issue of returning the Catholicosate of Sis to the Great House of Cilicia. As the website of the Catholicosate reports, the Turkish Constitutional Court sought to learn the Ministry’s stance, which, however, demanded to reject the claim. In response, the Catholicosate turned down the Ministry’s position as ungrounded and reiterated its previous claim of returning the Catholosate to its rightful owners. The court’s verdict is expected. The Cilician Catholicosate filed a lawsuit in the Turkish Constitutional Court on April 27, 2015, demanding the return of its historic seat in Sis, Kozan district of Turkey’s Adana province. The Cilician See’s former headquarters, established in 1293, was confiscated by the Turkish government in 1921, at the culmination of the Armenian Genocide. Catholicos Aram I announced then that should the Turkish court reject the lawsuit, the Catholicosate intends to appeal the ruling to the European Court of Human Rights, which requires that all domestic legal remedies are exhausted before it considers appeals on cases filed against Council of Europe members states. Top stories Six total incidents have burned 19 old-growth trees. Friday night 8 trees were torched along the beautiful main entrance. The EU does not intend to conduct military exercises with Armenia, Lead Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano says. Hikmet Hajiyev has said that there is no place for USAID operation in Azerbaijan any longer. A telephone conversation between Putin and Pashinyan before the CSTO summit is not planned, Peskov says. Partner news | Ucom Celebrates Telecommunication Day May 17 commemorates the founding of the International Telecommunication Union on May 17, 1865. Armenian, Azerbaijani heads of parliament meet in Switzerland President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Border residents overnight on highway to protest Armenia’s Residents of Kirants continue to express outrage over the government’s decision to cede land to Azerbaijan. Get Started: An educational platform for young startuppers The Get Started program which operates in two phases is an important platform for young startuppers. |