There is no split in the Armenian community of Istanbul, said the Patriarchal Locum Tenens of Constantinople.

“An atmosphere of peace reigns in our community, which numbers 70 thousand people. We have 45 churches, 14 schools, 2 daily newspapers, 1 weekly and also a modern equipped hospital,” His Eminence Archbishop Aram Ateshyan told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter.

“Although resolutions on the 1915 events are passed in different countries, the Turkish government assumed an impartial attitude towards us and tries to resolve our problems,” he said.