Garo Paylan (Source: Agos)
ISTANBUL, Turkey (Armenpress)—Armenian member of the Turkish Parliament Garo Paylan launched a written inquiry on March 20 to Turkish Minister of Interior Süleyman Soylu regarding their interference of the election of the Armenian Patriarchate of Istanbul.
Immediately after the Locum Tenens election, the patriarchate received a letter from the Turkish Deputy Governor Aziz Merjan from the administration of the legal department of the Istanbul governorate stamped. This letter was received with great surprise in the Armenian community and was labeled as interference to an already passed election.
During the election, Primate of the Armenian Diocese of Germany Archbishop Karekin Bekdjian on March 15 was elected locum tenens of the Armenian Patriarch of Istanbul.
“What is the justification of such interference when there is an agreement within the Armenian community over the launch of the process on electing a Patriarch?â€
