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TOKÄ° TO BUILD ARMENIAN MONASTERY IN MILITARY ZONE
Today's Zaman
Dec 19 2011
Turkey
The Housing Development Administration of Turkey (TOKÄ°) will build an
Armenian monastery, a replica of the original, in a military zone in
Ankara's Etlik neighborhood as part of an agreement with the Ministry
of Culture and Tourism.
According to a report that appeared in the Habertürk daily on Monday,
TOKİ will build a hospital for the Gülhane Military Academy of
Medicine (GATA) in a military zone between the Etlik and DıÅ~_kapı
neighborhoods. In lieu of payment, the Ministry of Defense gave TOKÄ°
another military area, which TOKÄ° is expected to use for a shopping
center and houses as part of a signed agreement with the Ministry
of Defense.
However, a rift emerged between the ministries as the Ministry of
Culture and Tourism objected to TOKÄ°'s planned use of that zone. The
Ministry of Culture and Tourism raised its opposition in the Council
of Ministers before approving the agreement, saying that the zone is
of cultural importance, having once contained a number of historic
buildings. The Ministry of Culture and Tourism demanded that TOKÄ°
reconstruct the Vank Monastery, which was built in 1759 by the Armenian
community and destroyed in the early 1920s.
Taking its original size and architecture into account, the Vank
Monastery will be built in the area which TOKÄ° is expected to use
in return for building the military hospital.
The monastery is seen in a painting called â~@~\Ankaraâ~@~] housed
in Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum.
Architect Mehmet Emin Ã~Gevik designed the plan for the monastery
after examining the painting and other historical documents, the
daily reported. Ã~Gevik stated that the monastery will be built as
a replica of the original although no physical traces are left.
The Vank Monastery was the religious center for the Armenian community
that lived in and around Ankara during the Ottoman era until the
early 1900s.
Today's Zaman
Dec 19 2011
Turkey
The Housing Development Administration of Turkey (TOKÄ°) will build an
Armenian monastery, a replica of the original, in a military zone in
Ankara's Etlik neighborhood as part of an agreement with the Ministry
of Culture and Tourism.
According to a report that appeared in the Habertürk daily on Monday,
TOKİ will build a hospital for the Gülhane Military Academy of
Medicine (GATA) in a military zone between the Etlik and DıÅ~_kapı
neighborhoods. In lieu of payment, the Ministry of Defense gave TOKÄ°
another military area, which TOKÄ° is expected to use for a shopping
center and houses as part of a signed agreement with the Ministry
of Defense.
However, a rift emerged between the ministries as the Ministry of
Culture and Tourism objected to TOKÄ°'s planned use of that zone. The
Ministry of Culture and Tourism raised its opposition in the Council
of Ministers before approving the agreement, saying that the zone is
of cultural importance, having once contained a number of historic
buildings. The Ministry of Culture and Tourism demanded that TOKÄ°
reconstruct the Vank Monastery, which was built in 1759 by the Armenian
community and destroyed in the early 1920s.
Taking its original size and architecture into account, the Vank
Monastery will be built in the area which TOKÄ° is expected to use
in return for building the military hospital.
The monastery is seen in a painting called â~@~\Ankaraâ~@~] housed
in Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum.
Architect Mehmet Emin Ã~Gevik designed the plan for the monastery
after examining the painting and other historical documents, the
daily reported. Ã~Gevik stated that the monastery will be built as
a replica of the original although no physical traces are left.
The Vank Monastery was the religious center for the Armenian community
that lived in and around Ankara during the Ottoman era until the
early 1900s.