By Steve Bryant
June 11 (Bloomberg) -- Germany has asked Turkey to allow a former church in the southern town of Tarsus to be re-opened for worship, Milliyet newspaper reported, citing German Ambassador Eckart Cuntz.
The building in the Mediterranean town, believed to be the birth place of Saint Paul, is a former Orthodox church now being run as a museum, Milliyet said. Many Germans have second homes or retirement properties on the south coast of Turkey, a predominantly Muslim country.
Murat Mercan, head of parliament's foreign affairs committee, said he saw no objections to re-opening the church, Milliyet said.
To contact the reporter on this story: Steve Bryant in Ankara at
sbryant5@bloomberg.net.
Last Updated: June 11, 2008 01:43 EDT
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