Saturday, March 19, 2011

EP report and the Mor Gabriel Monastery

MOR GABRIEL MONASTERY UPDATE: Hurriyet Daily News reports that the most recent European Parliament report on Turkey takes the Turkish Government to task for its treatment of this Syriac monastery:
The 25th paragraph of the report reads that the EP “finds the Turkish Supreme Court [of Appeals] decision against Mor Gabriel Monastery, concerning a land dispute with villages and the Turkish Treasury, to be regrettable.”
If Turkey is serious about wanting full membership in the EU, it needs to watch this sort of thing.

Background here.