On the 103rd anniversary of the Treaty of Lausanne, which is considered Turkey's deed, the attempt by the Fener Rum Patrikhanesi to reopen the Heybeliada Seminary with the title of 'ecumenical' was protested in Heybeliada.On the 103rd anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Lausanne, a press statement was made in Heybeliada under the title 'Turkey's Deed Betrayed by Lausanne: Seminary and Ecumenism'.In the press statement, a reaction was shown to the attempt by the Fener Rum Patrikhanesi to reopen the Heybeliada Seminary with the title of 'ecumenical'.In his speech at the press statement, Retired Admiral Prof. Dr. Cihat Yaycı defended that the discussions about the Heybeliada Seminary are directly related to Turkey's sovereignty rights and used the expression
Today, we are not just discussing a school issue. Today, we are discussing the sovereignty of the Republic of Turkey, the Treaty of Lausanne, our national state structure, and our future. Because the issue of the Heybeliada Seminary is not just a simple matter of education and freedom of religion, as some circles try to show.
.Selçuk Erenerol, the Press Spokesperson of the Turkish Orthodox Patriarchate, made evaluations regarding the Treaty of Lausanne, the Heybeliada Seminary, and the discussions about ecumenism. Erenerol used the expression
Unfortunately, we are going through very difficult times and we are still continuing the struggle we gave a century ago, as the subsequent generations of the ancestors of that period.
in his speech.
