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S.Res. 392

ResolutionFederalSenateIn Committee
A resolution urging the Republic of Turkey to safeguard its Christian heritage and to return confiscated church properties.
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Committee
Latest Action · March 8, 2012
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1543)
Congress
112th (2011–2013)
Introduced
March 8, 2012
Cosponsors (3)
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Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Secretary of State, in all official contacts with Turkish officials and representatives, should emphasize that Turkey should: (1) end all forms of religious discrimination; (2) allow the rightful church and lay owners of Christian church properties to organize prayer services, religious education, clerical training, social services, and other religious activities; (3) return to their rightful owners all Christian churches and other places of worship, monasteries, schools, hospitals, holy sites, and other religious properties, including artwork and manuscripts; and (4) allow the rightful church and lay owners of Christian church properties to preserve and reconstruct all Christian churches and other places of worship, monasteries, schools, hospitals, holy sites, and other religious properties within Turkey.

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