TURKEY:  NEW DECISION ON THE RETURN OF COMMUNAL PROPERTY TO TENEDOS by Nikoleta Kalmouki Published by the GreekReporter - Europe on October 3, 2014 In the wake of a recent decision ratified by the Council of the Vakoufia General Directorate, the Turkish state has agreed to return eleven plots of land – measuring two to four acres each – to the community of Tenedos. According to Greek officials, one of the eleven plots includes an Orthodox chapel and two stone homes. The European Court of Human Rights has consistently rejected appeals made by the Tenedos community concerning the return of such plots. “After several months during which there has been no progress in the issue of return of communal property, the recent meeting of the Vakoufia General Directorate held on September 29, 2014, yielded positive results for the Community of the Tenedos,” say Greek officials. The issue of the return of historically-Greek properties is of major si...