Turkey’s top appeals court rejects Greek nationals’ claim on Ottoman-era property - Nordic Monitor

Turkey’s top appeals court rejects Greek nationals’ claim on Ottoman-era property - Nordic Monitor

Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals (Yargıtay), dominated by far right nationalists and Islamists, has overturned a regional appellate court ruling that would have restored ownership of two valuable properties worth millions of dollars in Istanbul’s Şişli district to the heirs of a Greek Orthodox pharmacist who lived in the city during the late Ottoman era. In a ruling dated April 21, 2025, the court annulled the decisio…