Martti Ahtisaari

Clue for AKP authoritarianism: “Intelligence + religious affairs” set to take huge share of Turkey’s 2016 budget

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Intelligence, religious affairs set to take huge share of Turkey’s 2016 budget Turkey’s National Intelligence Agency (MİT) and Directorate of Religious Affairs (Diyanet) will see dramatic rises in their shares of the upcoming year’s budget Turkish Nobel laureate blames Erdoğan for bringing country to brink Turkey’s Nobel laureate has warned the country could collapse into sectarian conflict … Read more

Historic service at Akdamar

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First ceremony in Surp Haç after 95 years from Hurriyet Dailynews Sorrow marked Sunday’s historic ceremony at Surp Haç Church in Van, as the cross which was set to be placed atop the dome of the church before the service had not yet been erected. (Photo: The Church of the Holy Cross, an Armenian church … Read more