ISTANBUL. – Turkish authorities allowed children of Armenian parents with illegal status to attend Armenian colleges, editor-in-chief of Zhamanak newspaper published in Istanbul Ara Gochunyan told Armenian News-NEWS.am.

The permission is oral yet, and the newspaper received the information from the Armenian Patriarchate of Istanbul.

“The patriarchate followed the issue for many years and finally got solution for it,” told Gochunyan and added that the permission refers to 2011-2012 academic year.