ISTANBUL. - Archbishop Aram Ateshyan, the Armenian Deputy Patriarch of Constantinople, filed a lawsuit so that the building known as Sanasaryan Han (large building) be returned to Istanbul’s Armenian community.   

The proceedings to this effect were filed with Istanbul’s 13th Administrative Court. Archbishop Ateshyan noted that they want from Turkey’s government to manifest goodwill, and thus the Sanasaryan Building be returned to the Armenians, just as the historical orphanage was returned to the country’s Greek community, Hurriyet daily of Turkey informs.