Turkey Plans to Reopen Halki Seminary After Decades
Turkey is reportedly planning to reopen the Halki Theological Seminary, which has been closed for 50 years. This decision comes after pressure from the United States, particularly from President Trump, and the European Union.
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Turkey Plans to Reopen Halki Seminary After 50 Years, Partly to Court Trump, Report Says
Turkey plans to allow the reopening of the historic Halki Theological School after more than five decades, Bloomberg reported in a move partly timed to please U.S. President Donald Trump ahead of his expected visit to Ankara for next month's NATO summit. Citing people familiar with the matter, the report said students would be admitted through Turkey's national university placement system, with the Education Ministry supervising curricula at the seminary, located on an island off Istanbul. Ec...
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Turkey is reportedly planning to allow the reopening of the Halki Theological School as a university institution after more than 50 years, in a move that, according to Bloomberg, aims to satisfy US President Donald Trump as well as respond to long-standing demands from both the EU and the US The post Bloomberg: Erdogan reportedly agrees to reopening of Halki Theological School after pressure from Trump and the EU appeared first on ProtoThema English.
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