Tyrkiet skader sit eget billede, skønt det burde forstå, at Det Økumeniske Patriarkat i Konstantinopel tilfører ikke kun selve Konstantinopel, men også Tyrkiet som stat en særlig glans.
Turkey is blackening its own image, whereas it ought to understand that the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople brings prestige not only to Constantinople itself, but to Turkey as a state as well.