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International Archon Religious Freedom Conference
His Eminence
archbishop Demetrios
of america
Primate,
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
Exarch of the Ecumenical Patriarchate
NEW YORK, NEW YORK
His Eminence
metropolitan emmanuel
of fr ance
Director, The liaison Office of the
Orthodox Church to the European Union
PARIS, FRANCE
His EXCELLENCY
EGEMEN BAGIS
Minister for E.U. Affairs
and Chief Negotiator
REPUBLIC OF TURKEY
mustafa akyol
Journalist and Political Commentator
ISTANBUL, TURKEY
His Eminence
ARCHBISHOP AR AM ATESHiAN
Representative of the Armenian Community
ISTANBUL, TURKEY
DOGAN BERMEK
President
AVF Federation of Alevi Foundations
ISTANBUL, TURKEY
orhan kemal cengiz
lawyer
Human Rights Defender
and Newspaper Columnist
IzMIR, TURKEY
First-ever Archon conference
focuses on human, religious
freedom rights for Turkish
minorities
The two-day meeting, entitled, “Religious Freedom:
Turkey’s Bridge to the European Union,” was held at
the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium, November
16-17, 2010. The symposium brought together
over thirty renowned scholars, religious freedom
and human rights advocates, journalists, diplomats,
parliamentarians, religious leaders, representatives of
the Government of Turkey, lawyers and members of
minority communities. They presented complex, diverse
and contrasting viewpoints and perspectives on
the status of religious freedom in Turkey to nearly twohundred
participants from across the United States,
Turkey and Europe.
photoS by D. panagoS anD j. MInDala