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Sept 3 2011
What will Turkey return to Armenians?
September 03, 2011 | 04:38
Property confiscated by the Turkish state from 1936 to 1974, which
once belonged to Armenian, Greek, and Jewish charitable foundations,
will be returned.
The Armenian Weekly presented a partial list of the Armenian
charitable foundation assets to be returned by the government:
1. Gedikpasha Armenian Protestant primary school – the building
is already demolished, at present used as a park
2. Gedikpasha Armenian Protestant Church – one apartment
building in Kumkapi, a restaurant, a playground
3. Surp Harutyun Armenian Church – several flats in Beyoglu
4. Ferikoy Surp Vartanants Church – an apartment building and a
vacant lot in Sisli
5. Kurucheshme Surp Khatch Yerevman Church – one building in Arnavutkoy
6. Kumkapi Surp Harutyun School – a store in Kumkapi and a store
in Kadikoy
7. Kumkapi Mayr Asdvadzadzin Church – a flat in Eminonu
8. Yenikoy Surp Asdvadzadzin Church – a vacant lot in Istinye
9. Bomonti Mkhitaryan Armenian Catholic School – school
buildings, two shops and a flat in Sisli
10. Yedikule Surp Prgitch (Holy Saviour) Armenian Hospital – a
total of 19 properties, including one building lot, a house and four
shared lots in Sariyer, a residential building in Moda, 2 residential
buildings in Sisli, one flat in Beyoglu, one store in Kapalicarsi
Covered Bazaar, a house in Uskudar, one apartment building, one flat
and a warehouse in Kurtulus, a four storey hotel in Taksim, a retail
and office commercial building in Beyoglu, a flat in Chamlica, a
47,500 sq. m. vacant lot in Beykoz, and a 44,000 sq. m. land adjacent
to the Hospital, formerly the gardens of the Hospital, presently used
as Zeytinburnu Soccer Stadium, a sports building, a parking lot and a
tea garden, and last but not least, the valuable office building
called Selamet Han in Eminonu, Istanbul.
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