Turkish deputy prime minister meets minority representatives

Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Byulent Arinc held a breakfast meeting with the representatives of Turkey’s ethnic and religious minorities, reports 6news.

Arinc mentioned that work is continuing on the resumption of education at the Orthodox theological seminary on Heibeliada Island, located not far from Istanbul.

Arinc said the opening of the seminary was prevented by some of positions of Turkish law. “I hope that Turkey, as state governed by the rule of law, will remove the obstacles connected with this problem within Turkish law in the near future,” he said.

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