« Halki is unfortunately closed, but we are not the ones to blame for it »

On February 6, on the occasion of Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’s visit to Halki Theological School, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan stated that it « has been unfortunately closed since 1971 ».  And for this reason, he said, the question is raised by every Greek Prime Minister. « As you know, the Theological School has been closed since 1971. However, we are not the ones to blame for it. We were not