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Aysor, Armenia
Sept 19 2010
`No force can separate us from our cultural heritage'
Today, in two different parts of Armenia a liturgy is served, one is
served by the Turkish government to juggle the pearl of the Armenian
architecture Aghtamar Surb Khach (Holy Cross) Church, and the second
is taking place here in Tsitsernakaberd. This is a protest and a
liturgy in the same time," Hayk Demoyan Director of NAS Genocide
Institute-Museum said about the rally which still is going on at the
Memorial of Armenian Genocide realized in 1915, by the Ottoman Turkey.
At this moment a rally is held near the memorial where also a liturgy
was served. The participants of the rally express their complaint
against the Turkish authorities, for not installing a cross on the
Holy Cross Church dome as well as for using the church as a means of
propaganda.
"Shame, shame," were shouting the participants and putting flowers
around the eternal fire eternalizing the memory of the innocent
victims.
"It is not randomly that I said in different parts of Armenia, we do
not divide our homeland into parts, it is the problem of the
foreigners, who do not understand why we are protesting and what we
demand. The problem of the foreigner is big, because he does not
imagine that he has international obligations which say that Turkey
must respect the cultural values of Christians which are on his
territory and give it to the people and the community, which it
belongs to. Nevertheless, today Turkey is turning the cultural
heritage into a propaganda tool," Demoyan said.
According to him, it will never be acceptable for the Armenian people,
and this protest action is an address to both the Turkish public and
the Turkish authorities and the international community at the same
time.
"No force can separate us from our cultural heritage," Demoyan said,
then added that thus the Armenian people present their demands to the
international community.
From: A. Papazian
Sept 19 2010
`No force can separate us from our cultural heritage'
Today, in two different parts of Armenia a liturgy is served, one is
served by the Turkish government to juggle the pearl of the Armenian
architecture Aghtamar Surb Khach (Holy Cross) Church, and the second
is taking place here in Tsitsernakaberd. This is a protest and a
liturgy in the same time," Hayk Demoyan Director of NAS Genocide
Institute-Museum said about the rally which still is going on at the
Memorial of Armenian Genocide realized in 1915, by the Ottoman Turkey.
At this moment a rally is held near the memorial where also a liturgy
was served. The participants of the rally express their complaint
against the Turkish authorities, for not installing a cross on the
Holy Cross Church dome as well as for using the church as a means of
propaganda.
"Shame, shame," were shouting the participants and putting flowers
around the eternal fire eternalizing the memory of the innocent
victims.
"It is not randomly that I said in different parts of Armenia, we do
not divide our homeland into parts, it is the problem of the
foreigners, who do not understand why we are protesting and what we
demand. The problem of the foreigner is big, because he does not
imagine that he has international obligations which say that Turkey
must respect the cultural values of Christians which are on his
territory and give it to the people and the community, which it
belongs to. Nevertheless, today Turkey is turning the cultural
heritage into a propaganda tool," Demoyan said.
According to him, it will never be acceptable for the Armenian people,
and this protest action is an address to both the Turkish public and
the Turkish authorities and the international community at the same
time.
"No force can separate us from our cultural heritage," Demoyan said,
then added that thus the Armenian people present their demands to the
international community.
From: A. Papazian