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Turkey Court Questions Validity of Church Leader

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Source language: English

Members of the worldwide ecumenical family have expressed support and solidarity to the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew as the Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople - today's Istanbul - is facing growing hardships imposed by the Turkish judiciary.

On 26 June a ruling by Turkey's Supreme Court of Appeals contested the ecumenical standing of the Patriarchate, stating that it is a religious body only authorised to perform religious functions for the Greek Orthodox minority in the country.

The court also ruled that the Patriarchate does not have any legal personality and that the Patriarch is not allowed to bear the title "ecumenical".

The ruling stated that the Patriarch as well as the Patriarchate officers are subject to Turkish law regarding their titles and activities. On 21 August, Bartholomew was summoned to testify before a prosecuting authority in Istanbul on his use of the title "Ecumenical" at a world conference of Orthodox youth that took place in the city a few weeks earlier.

In the face of these developments, on 27 August the Conference of European Churches (CEC) expressed its "strong support" for the right of the Patriarch to use of the title "Ecumenical".

In a letter addressed to Bartholomew, CEC's general secretary, the Venerable Colin Williams, wrote: "We could think of no other church leader in Europe who is so naturally recognised as a key figure in the ecumenical aspirations of the [continent's] churches."

On 29 August a similar letter addressed to Bartholomew by the World Council of Churches (WCC) General Secretary, the Rev Dr Samuel Kobia, expressed the Council's "whole-hearted appreciation of the authenticity and importance of the Ecumenical Patriarchate as an institution and the Ecumenical Patriarch as an office within the wider church world".

In his letter, Kobia conveyed to the Patriarch the WCC's "firm support" and reaffirmed Bartholomew's "ecumenical standing" while cherishing his "leadership in the global ecumenical movement".

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TÃ¼rk YargÄ±tayÄ±nÄ±n Kilise Liderlerinin GeÃ§erlilikleri HÃ¼kmÃ¼

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Turkish

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senemtas_mt

Target language: Turkish

Constantinopolis'in -bugÃ¼nkÃ¼ Ä°stanbul- Ortodoks EkÃ¼menik Patrikhanesi EkÃ¼menik PatriÄŸi olarak, TÃ¼rk yargÄ±sÄ± tarafÄ±ndan dayatÄ±lan, artmakta olan sÄ±kÄ±ntÄ±larla karÅŸÄ± karÅŸÄ±ya kalan Bartholomew'e dÃ¼nya genelindeki ekÃ¼menik ailesi Ã¼yeleri destek ve dayanÄ±ÅŸma aÃ§Ä±klamasÄ± yaptÄ±lar.

26 Haziran'da TÃ¼rk YargÄ±tayÄ± aldÄ±ÄŸÄ± bir kararda, Patrikhanenin yalnÄ±zca Ã¼lkede bulunan Yunan Ortodoks azÄ±nlÄ±ÄŸÄ± iÃ§in dini gÃ¶revleri icra etmekle yetkili dini bir birim olduÄŸu ÅŸeklindeki aÃ§Ä±klamasÄ± ile Patrikhanenin ekÃ¼menik duruÅŸuna itiraz etmiÅŸti.

Mahkeme ayrÄ±ca Patrikhanenin tÃ¼zel bir kiÅŸiliÄŸe sahip olmadÄ±ÄŸÄ±na ve PatriÄŸin "ekÃ¼menik" Ã¼nvanÄ±nÄ±
taÅŸÄ±masÄ±na izinli olmadÄ±ÄŸÄ±na karar verdi.

Karar, Patrikhane gÃ¶revlilerinin yanÄ± sÄ±ra PatriÄŸin de Ã¼nvanlarÄ± ve faaliyetleri hususunda TÃ¼rk kanunlarÄ±nÄ±n hÃ¼kmÃ¼ altÄ±nda olduÄŸunu belirtmiÅŸtir. 21 AÄŸustos'da Bartholomew, bir kaÃ§ hafta Ã¶nce ÅŸehirde yapÄ±lan bir dÃ¼nya Ortodox genÃ§liÄŸi konferansÄ±nda "EkÃ¼menik" Ã¼nvanÄ±nÄ± kullanmasÄ± konusunda Ä°stanbul'da davacÄ± bir yetki Ã¶nÃ¼nde tanÄ±klÄ±k yapmaya Ã§aÄŸrÄ±lmÄ±ÅŸtÄ±.

Bu geliÅŸmeler karÅŸÄ±sÄ±nda Avrupa Kiliseler KonferansÄ± (CEC) 27 AÄŸustos'ta PatriÄŸin "EkÃ¼menik" Ã¼nvanÄ±nÄ± kullanma hakkÄ± iÃ§in "gÃ¼Ã§lÃ¼ desteÄŸini" aÃ§Ä±kladÄ±.

CEC'in genel secreteri Muhterem Colin Williams, Bartholomew'e hitaben bir mektubunda, "Avrupa'da, [kÄ±tadaki] kiliselerin evrensel isteklerinde Ã¶nemli bir ÅŸahsiyet olarak bu kadar doÄŸal bir kabul gÃ¶rmÃ¼ÅŸ baÅŸka bir kilise lideri dÃ¼ÅŸÃ¼nemeyiz." diye yazdÄ±

29 AÄŸustos'ta DÃ¼nya Kiliseler Konseyi (WCC) Genel Sekreter Muhterem Dr. Samuel Kobia tarafÄ±ndan Bartholomew'e hitaben yazÄ±lan benzer bir mektupta Sekreter Konsey'in, "EkÃ¼menik Patrikhanesinin, daha geniÅŸ kilise dÃ¼nyasÄ± iÃ§inde bir mÃ¼essese olarak ve EkÃ¼menik PatrikliÄŸinin, bir makam olarak gÃ¼venirliÄŸinin ve Ã¶neminin yÃ¼rekten takdirini" dile getirdi.

Kobia mektubunda, PatriÄŸe WCC'nin "gÃ¼Ã§lÃ¼ desteÄŸini" iletti ve "dÃ¼nya Ã§apÄ±ndaki ekÃ¼menik hareketteki liderliÄŸini" anmanÄ±n yanÄ± sÄ±ra Bartholomew'in "ekÃ¼menik duruÅŸunu" tekrar teyit etti.

Validated by smy - 29 November 2007 09:03