AVRUPA KONSEYİ PARLAMENTERLER MECLİSİNİN TÜRKİYE ve YUNANİSTAN'DAKİ AZINLIKLARLA İLGİLİ DİN ÖZGÜRLÜĞÜ VE DİĞER İNSAN HAKLARI İLE İLGİLİ KARARI ÜZERİNE BİR DEĞERLENDİRME

Makalede Avrupa Konseyi Parlamenter Meclisinin azınlıklar konusunda Türkiye'den talep ettiği hususlar incelenecek ve konuyla ilgili değerlendirmeler yapılacaktır.A vrupa Konseyi Parlamenterler Meclisi Tiirkiye' deki gaynmiislim azmhklar ve Yunanistan'daki Batt Trakya Miisliiman azmhgt ile ilgili bir karar r;:tkarmt~ 1 ve Yunanistan ve Tiirkiye'den azmhklarla ilgili bazt adtmlar atmasmt istemi~tir. Raportor Michel Hunault (Fransa A vrupa Demokrat Grup) tarafmdan haztrlanan 21 Nisan 2009 tarihli raporla her iki iilkeden talep edilen hususlar daha aynntth bir ~ekilde ar;:tklanmt~ttr • Bu r;:ah~mada A vrupa Konseyi Parlamenterler Meclisinin (AKPM) Tiirkiye'den talep ettigi hususlar ele ahnacak ve degerlendirilecektir. AKPM'nin Tiirkiye'den talepleri ~unlardtr:

AVRUPA KONSEYİ PARLAMENTERLER MECLİSİNİN TÜRKİYE ve YUNANİSTAN'DAKİ AZINLIKLARLA İLGİLİ DİN ÖZGÜRLÜĞÜ VE DİĞER İNSAN HAKLARI İLE İLGİLİ KARARI ÜZERİNE BİR DEĞERLENDİRME

The Parlamentery Assembly of the Council of Europe (The Assembly)has adopted a resolution relating to the minorities in Turkey and in Greeceand urged the Turkish and Greek authorities to step forward on the issue.In this paper it will be discussed what the Assembly urges the Turkishauthorities to do.Among the others the Assembly urges Turkey to1. come up with constructive solutions concerning the training ofreligious minorities ' clergy and the granting of work permits for foreignmembers of the clergy;2. recognise the legal personality of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate ofIstanbul, the Armenian Patriarchate of Istanbul, the Armenian Catholic Archbishopric of Istanbul, the Bulgarian Orthodox Exarchate, the ChiefRabbinate and the Vicariate Apostolic of jstanbul3. find an agreed solution with the representatives of the minority with aview to the reopening of the Heybeliada Greek Orthodox Theologicalcollege (the Halki Seminary) inter alia by making official in writing theproposal to reopen the seminary as a department of the F acuity of Theologyof Galatasaray University, in order to open genuine negotiations on thisproposal.4. give the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of jstanbul the freedom tochoose to use the acijective "ecumenical"5. resolve the question of the registration of places of worship and thequestion of the mazbut properties confiscated since I 97 4, which must bereturned to their owners or to the entitled persons or, where the return ofthe assets is impossible, to provide for fair compensation6. adapt the legislation as as to allow children from non-Muslimminorities, but without Turkish nationality, to be admitted to minorityschools

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