Source: ABC News Greece’s prime minister says a potential move by Turkey to allow the reopening of an Orthodox seminary on an island off Istanbul would help bring ordinary Greeks and Turks closer. By EMRAH GUREL Associated Press ISTANBUL — Feb 6, 2019 — A potential move by Turkey to allow the reopening of a Greek Orthodox theology school on the island of Halki, off Istanbul, would help bring the two countries closer together, Greece’s prime minister said Wednesday. During a visit to the site, Alexis Tsipras voiced hope that the seminary at Heybeli Island —known as Halki in Greek — can resume teaching after…
(The Associated Press) Greece's Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, right, his partner Betty Baziana, left, and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I pose for the photographers during their visit at the Theological School of Halki, in Heybeli Island, near Istanbul, Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2019. The president of Turkey and the prime minister of Greece agreed Tuesday on the need to keep "channels of dialogue" open between their countries, which have come to the brink of war three times since the early 1970s and remain divided over an array of issues. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)