Armenian Deputy Patriarch of Constantinople complains about
discrimination against Armenians in Turkey
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March 03, 2012 | 17:28
ISTANBUL. – Archbishop Aram Ateshyan, the Armenian Deputy Patriarch of
Constantinople, and the spiritual leaders of Turkey’s Assyrian
Catholic and Orthodox communities also attended the conference held in
Istanbul and devoted to the preparations for the country’s new
Constitution.
In his address at the event, Archbishop Ateshyan noted that Turkey’s
current Constitution has a distressing point, according to which all
citizens of the Republic of Armenia are considered Turks.
`We know that we are the citizens of Turkey, but Armenian citizens of
Turkey. You cannot say that everyone who is a citizen of Turkey is a
Turk. A change must be made here. I cannot become even a police
[officer]. Everyone is equal before the law, but, in reality, that
equality does not exist,’ the Armenian Deputy Patriarch of
Constantinople stated, Haberler news agency of Turkey informs.
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