Posted on 09/21/2006 1:56:52 PM PDT by kronos77
ANKARA, Turkey Turkey's parliament on Wednesday failed to pass a resolution to move forward with a European Union-requested reform that could have allowed a Greek Orthodox theology school closed 35 years ago to reopen.
The parliament first voted in favor the resolution, but then stopped short of giving final approval amid strong opposition. The ruling Justice and Development Party was expected to step back and withdraw the change on Thursday, in a sign of internal opposition to the highly unpopular move.
Lawmakers from the ruling party voted by a show of hands to allow foreign students to attend minority schools in Turkey upon a last minute request from the Foreign Ministry.
But legislators from the opposition Republican People's Party opposed the reform, arguing that it would reopen the Halki Theological School, on an island near Istanbul, which was closed in 1971 under a law that put religious education under state control.
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pingggggg
awww, and exactly WHO is suprised by this. A Muslim nation denying the reopening of Orthodox seminary. What a shock.
I demand the right of return of all Greeks to the Anatolian peninsula. Just because they were ethnically cleansed by some mercenary Turkomens doesn't mean they can't have their land back!
There is NO OTHER solution than the one you propose....plain and simple.
Semper Fi......
Sad but not surprising.
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