Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou (L) meets with the Primate of the Orthodox Church of Cyprus, Archbishop Chrysostomos II, at the chancery, October 2009.
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Posted on Mon Nov 23 2009
Associated Press--Cyprus' Greek Orthodox church says it has sued Turkey for allegedly preventing worship at religious sites in the breakaway Turkish Cypriot north of the divided island.
Cyprus' Greek Orthodox church says it has sued Turkey for allegedly preventing worship at religious sites in the breakaway Turkish Cypriot north of the divided island.
Church lawyer Simos Angelides said Monday the lawsuit with the European Court of Human Rights concerns 520 churches, monasteries, chapels and cemeteries. He said the court's past rulings hold Turkey responsible for the north because it maintains 35,000 occupation troops there.
Angelides said Orthodox Christian faithful cannot worship at those sites because they are either derelict or have been converted to mosques, army barracks, stables or nightclubs.
He said Turkey committed "ethnic and religious cleansing" on Cyprus in 1974 when it invaded after a coup by supporters of union with Greece.
Discussion: Cyprus Orthodox Church sues Turkey over occupied north
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