 After two years of research , the Hrant Dink Foundation published a book , some 400 pages long , describing the current situation of seized assets and properties of the Armenian community . With the help of government deed and title records , the members of the Hrant Dink foundation have uncovered the title records of all the properties owned by various foundations and have produced the book replete with photographs , charts , maps , and other illustrations which describe the seized properties and assets and its current status . The Hrant Dink foundation states that 661 properties in Istanbul alone were confiscated by the Turkish government , leaving only 580 of the 1 @,@ 328 properties owned by the 53 Armenian foundations ( schools , churches , hospitals , etc . ) . The current circumstances of the remaining 87 could not be determined . Out of the 661 confiscated properties , 143 ( 21 @.@ 6 % ) have been returned to the Armenian foundation . 
