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Halki Seminary: Turkey’s trail of broken promises

Earlier this month President-elect Biden reached out to Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, stating that he looks forward to working with the Patriarch, and adding “we need your leadership” in a handwritten letter. 

Georgia Logothetis, HALC’s Managing Director, joins us to discuss the significance of this letter and of the relationship between President-elect Biden and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew. We also take this opportunity to focus on how the incoming administration can make a difference on religious freedom issues facing the Patriarchate, with a focus on Halki Seminary - which Turkey closed in 1971 - and Ankara’s decades of broken promises to reopen it.

You can read the articles we discuss on The Daily Roundup here: 

Biden to Patriarch Bartholomew: Stay Well, We Need Your Leadership

Turkey’s False Promises on Halki

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Ushering in a new era of innovation in Greece – AWS office launch in Athens

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