Turkey Ignores Christians Delaying Armenian Patriarchal Election ...
The Armenian Patriarchate in Turkey has once again delayed the election of the community's Patriarch because the authorities in Istanbul do not give the appropriate go-ahead for the elections to take place.
Originally the elections of the Armenian Patriarch were scheduled for May 12. However, as Austrian Catholic Press Agency and DomRadio from Germany report, the election is postponed. The Turkish state has not yet approved the election.
The Interior Ministry of Turkey has not yet responded to the request made by the election committee of the Armenian Patriarch on January 14 of 2010. According to the Turkish regulations the Interior Ministry must give it's approval for a new patriarch to be elected in country's Christian churches: something unheard of in European Union member countries.
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