Christians in Turkey say the Year of St. Paul has helped enhance their image in the Muslim-majority country, according to Ecumenical News International. And a government leader has indicated chances are increasing for the opening of an Orthodox seminary that was shut down in 1971. In a 28 June interview with the daily newspaper Milliyet, the minister for culture and tourism, Ertuðrul Günay, said he was “personally convinced” the Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarchate’s Halki seminary in Istanbul would be allowed to re-open.
Halki Seminary may reopen following success of Year of St Paul for Turkey
