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    ARMENIAN CHURCH TO BE RESTORED IN MALATYA

    PanARMENIAN.Net
    30.10.2009 13:15 GMT+04:00

    /PanARMENIAN.Net/ A Malatya foundation established to build mosques has
    assumed the financial costs of the restoration of a historic Armenian
    church located in the neighborhood where assassinated Turkish-Armenian
    journalist Hrant Dink was born, Today's Zaman reported.

    The head of the Carmuzu Tepebasi Mosque Building and Preservation
    Foundation, Latif Yildirim, said they started planning the project to
    help restore the Armenian Tashoron Church in 2008 and wrote letters
    to the Prime Ministry and the Ministry of Culture and Tourism as well
    as Armenian businessmen to win their support. They also spoke with
    the Armenian Patriarchate in March, he said.

    Money had been allocated for the restoration by the Culture and
    Tourism Ministry in 2009; however, due to budgetary problems, the
    foundation decided to take on the costs of the restoration. While
    noting that their project, which they call a "project of peace," is
    a model of good relations between different faiths, Yildirim said,
    "We do not think we will experience financial problems."

    Armenian Archbishop Aram Atesyan said the church is a cultural treasure
    and added, "We will be very happy if such a project is carried
    out." He also noted that there are some other churches in need of
    restoration and highlighted that this must also be done. The muhtar
    (local official) of the neighborhood in which the church is situated,
    Mustafa Sahin, said such a project would contribute to peace and
    stressed, "Whether used as a place of worship or as a museum, the
    historic church will contribute to unity and solidarity in the area
    as well as to tourism."
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