news.am, Armenia
Dec 17 2011
Representatives of Turkey’s national minorities meet at Armenian
Patriarchate of Constantinople
December 17, 2011 | 16:32
ISTANBUL. – The religious leaders of Turkey’s national minorities met,
at the Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople on Thursday, to discuss
the country’s new Constitution.
The participants discussed the state’s guaranteeing of the freedom of
religion and conscience, within the citizenship concept, in Turkey’s
new Constitution.
The attendees decided that the report, which will be prepared after
four such meetings, be taken to the Turkish parliament and to discuss
it with members of the country’s Constitutional Commission, Armenian
Patriarchate of Constantinople informed Armenian News-NEWS.am.
The next meeting will be held at the Greek Patriarchate of Constantinople.
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