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 As soon as Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan signed a decree on returning the properties of national minorities back to their owners, Hrant Dink’s brother Orhan Dink and the fund of Armenian community Gedikpasha have taken an initiative to demand back Tuzla’s orphanage, where Hrant Dink had grown up. According to “Ermenihaber.am” news website they demand to return the church to Armenian protestant church of Gedikpasha.

“When the orphanage which belonged to the church was passed to other owners, compensation wasn’t paid to the fund. The state has owned the money. Thus, according to the new law, the orphanage must be returned back to its real owners,” said Orhan Dink.

Adnan Ertem, the director of Turkish Funds, said if any application is submitted, it will be discussed, but most probably the orphanage will be left to its current owners.

It’s said that Hrant Dink dreamed of returning the orphanage back to the Armenian community.