Turkish Minister of Interior Muammer Güler met with Deputy Patriarch of Constantinople, Archbishop Aram Ateshyan.

Muammer Güler hailed the arrest of suspects in assaults on Turkish Armenian women. He highly assessed security forces’ fulfillment of the responsibilities assumed, regardless of ethnic and religious identity.

According to Turkish media outlets, Istanbul police detained a 40-year-old man on assault charges over the attacks on elderly Armenian women in the city’s Samatya neighborhood. The suspect, identified as Murat N., is a Turkish citizen of Armenian origin and was detained as a suspect in five attacks, one of which resulted in death.