Armenian orphanage’s deed turns into election ruse

Zeynep Karataş

The Nor Zartonk, a civil society group representing Turkey's Armenian community, condemned false reports that the deed for a former Armenian orphanage widely referred to as Camp Armen has been returned to the Gedikpaşa Armenian Proestant Church Foundation and called the false reports a ploy for votes in the run-up to Sunday's election during a press conference held in İstanbul on Thursday morning.

Armenian Children's Camp in Turkey being returned to its original owner

The owner of the land of the Armenian Children’s Camp, which has been at the center of ongoing controversy with activists attempting to prevent a planned demolition of the former orphanage, has announced that he will be donating it to the Gedikpaşa Armenian Protestant Church Foundation.

“I respectfully announce to the public that I will be donating the land to the Gedikpaşa Armenian Protestant Church Foundation… with the hopes of contributing to social harmony and unity of our country in line with our Armenian citizens thoughts and wishes,” announced Fatih Ulusoy, who owns the land where the former orphanage is located, in a written statement published on May 23, 2015.