The Turkish Constitutional Court has dominated in favor of two Armenian foundations whose properties had been taken over by the Treasury, bringing a authorized battle they’d been waging for years to a detailed.
The court docket stated the refusal of the request for the return of the properties violated the best to property.
The choice was printed within the Official Gazette on Friday.
The Samandağ Vakıflı Village Armenian Orthodox Church Foundation and the Yedikule Surp Pırgiç Armenian Hospital Foundation filed purposes with the Constitutional Court in 2018 looking for the return of 41 properties in all.
The Hatay-based Samandağ affiliation had been unable to get again its properties as a result of province not being included in Türkiye’s borders in 1936, the yr a declaration on minority foundations was issued.
The Surp Pırgiç Foundation’s properties have been confiscated as a result of a 1974 choice by the Court of Cassation which stated that minority foundations can not purchase immovable properties by will.
The foundations took authorized motion after a foundations legislation was enacted in 2008 permitting minority foundations in Türkiye to get again a few of their properties.
Their purposes have been rejected by courts, so that they filed purposes with the Constitutional Court.
