Off the coast of Adrasan, in Anatolia, over 6,500 ceramic artefacts have been recovered from a ship that sank in the 1st century BC. The cargo bears witness to trade between the East and Rome and echoes the letters in which Cicero recalled the vases from ancient Rhosus.
Because of this norm writers, scholars and journalists have been investigated for proposing different versions to official “truths” for example the Armenian Genocide. The EU requested it be dropped or substantially modified.
The Turkish city aims to invest funds in tourist structures to welcome all those who will make their way to the area for ecumenical, cultural and liturgical events which Benedict XVI has announced will take place next year.
Nazarbayev will travel to Brazil. Both address the UN General Assembly, Berdymukhammedow tonight. Turkmen president leads a delegation of officials and business leaders to discuss co-operation with the United States, announces amnesty for 9,000 people, many of whom were jailed for crimes of opinion.
The US vice minister expresses certainty that “there will be progress” from negotiations with Ankara, at the end of a meeting with Bartholomew I. Appreciation is also expressed for the Patriarchates contribution to peaceful coexistence and environmental protection.
The presidents of Turkish universities say they might take the case to the European Court of Human Rights if the ban on headscarf inside universities is lifted as desired by the government.
The song, preformed by a popular Turkish folk singer, inspired an even more explicit video : at the line “Stop ringing the bells” the face of the murdered priest appears, while the dead body of Dink appears while singer says the verse "if a person betrays the country, he is finished off."
Orthodox head comments positively election of new president at the end of annual synod. He announces new conference on the environment and initiatives to promote ecumenism with Catholics.
Turkish public opinion is divided between those who are happy and those who are disappointed by the outcome. Some people fear the election might lead to confrontation between secularists and the religiously-inclined. Others see the new president as someone who can reconcile the parties. Some doubts persist.
There are 100 bishops gathered in Phanar. On the agenda, the current point in the campaign against Bartholmew I, generated by Buijidar Cipof, the schismatic Bulgarian Exarch. The Patriarch announces a visit to Premier Erdogan, to have a “sincere answer” regarding the reopening of the Theological college of Halki.
After two failed votes, tomorrow he will be elected without doubt. He has succeeded in gathering Kurds and liberals to his candidacy. Fears surround his Islamic past and the virtual state monopoly that Erdogan’s party will have, but the industrialist support him. Gossip on the First Lady’s veil.
It is the second time in four months the visit is cancelled. Chrysostomos and the ecumenical patriarch were set to meet in May for strictly religious purposes. Religious minorities are concerned. Archbishop of Cyprus says: “Ankara has shown its real face.”
The Istanbul public attorney’s office is investigating a group of ex army officers who seem to have plotted to eliminate Bartholomew I as well as Mesrob of the Armenians. The Turkish Supreme Court ruling contesting the ecumenical title of the Patriarchate is discussed in Brussels and finds an unlikely ally in the Church of Moscow.
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