Rick Gladstone
A lawsuit in Turkey filed by the Armenian Church to recover its ancient headquarters, seized a century ago during the Armenian genocide,
is the “first legal step” of a goal to reclaim all Armenian property
seized by the Turks, a worldwide leader of the church said Monday.
The leader, Aram I,
Catholicos of the Holy See of Cilicia, also said that if the Turkish
legal authorities rejected the lawsuit, it would “deepen the divide”
between Turkey and the 10-million-member Armenian diaspora.
