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Armenian Patriarchate of Istanbul sues for fraud

The defrauding of the Armenian Patriarchate of Istanbul reflects how vulnerable minorities are in Turkey.

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyib Erdogan`s wife Emine Erdogan (L), Recep Tayyip Erdogan (2nd L), Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew (C), Armenian Orthodox Archbishop Aram Atesyan (R) talk during a dinner on August 28, 2011, at the Archeology Museum Garden in Istanbul. Erdogan hosted religious leaders and the heads of about 160 minority trusts at a fast-breaking dinner for Ramadan. AFP PHOTO/BULENT KILIC (Photo credit should read BULENT KILIC/AFP/Getty Images)
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan (2L), his wife, Emine, (L), Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew (2R) and Armenian Orthodox Archbishop Aram Atesyan (R) talk during a dinner in Istanbul, Aug. 28, 2011. — BULENT KILIC/AFP/Getty Images

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