Patriarch election saga drags on for Turkey's Armenians - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Orhan Kemal Cengiz

Orhan Kemal Cengiz

Mar 21, 2017

Armenian Patriarch Mesrob II Mutafyan, the spiritual leader of Turkey’s Armenians who fell ill in 2008. Posted June 16, 2016. — Facebook/Ermeniler

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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 (2nd R), and Chief Rabbi Ishak Haleva (R) take their places 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 Imag

Turkey’s Armenians in crisis over patriarch

Orhan Kemal Cengiz

Orhan Kemal Cengiz

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)

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Orhan Kemal Cengiz

Orhan Kemal Cengiz

Mourners attend the funeral of Armenian Patriarch Mesrob II Mutafyan at Surp Asdvadzadzin Patriarchal Church in Istanbul, Turkey, March 17, 2019. REUTERS/Umit Bektas TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC16121CA2E0

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