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Armenian Family Recovers 44 Acres Of An Istanbul


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Turkey: Armenian family recovers 44 acres of an Istanbul suburb

A higher court in Turkey has returned 44 of 100 acres to an Armenian family after decades of legal battle, an unprecedented act in a country where the indigenous Armenian population was wiped out during WWI, their ancient civilization destroyed, and their private property confiscated.

But while most of the land the Christian Armenians once owned is in rural (and poor) eastern Turkey, the 44 acres the France-based Agopyan family will recover is in Istanbul’s affluent Tarabya neighborhood, located on the European shores of the Bosphorus. Estimated at billions in value, the land houses luxurious villas, historic places, night clubs and restaurants.

Sources (in Turkish):

haber.gazetevatan.com/haberdetay.asp?Newsid=265882&Categoryid=1

www.emlakkulisi.com/15237_agopian_ailesi_nin_1955_te_actigi_arazi_davasi_suruyor

Via Tamara Azarian

blogian.hayastan.com/2009/10/26/turkey-armenian-family-recovers-44-acres-of-an-istanbul-suburb/

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