Historic building of Greek consulate in Istanbul returned to Greek community

A historic building, which formerly belonged to the Greek Consulate in Istanbul, has been returned to the Greek community, Hürriyet Daily News reports.

The Turkish Directorate General of Foundations, which shared the building’s rights along with the Balıklı Greek Foundation, returned its 50 percent to the Fener Greek Patriarchate.

“Returning the building to the community has symbolic importance. We are really happy with this result,” Laki Vingas, the minority foundations representative of the Directorate General of Foundations, is quoted as saying by Hürriyet Daily News.