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Philadelphia Inquirer
May 5 2011
In the World:
Turkey to protect Armenian ruins
ANKARA, Turkey - Turkey has launched a project to conserve two ancient
ethnic Armenian ruins, a cathedral and a church, in what is seen as a
new gesture of reconciliation toward its neighbor.
Turkey and Armenia have been locked in a bitter dispute for decades
over the mass killings of ethnic Armenians in Turkey during the last
years of the Ottoman Empire. Efforts to normalize relations have been
set back by a conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over control of
the enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh. Azerbaijan and Turkey are Muslim
allies.
Culture Minister Ertugrul Gunay said Tuesday the project, in
partnership with the New York-based World Monuments Fund, would
conserve the remains of the Ani Cathedral and the Church of the Holy
Savior in Ani in eastern Turkey.
According to the fund, Ani - "one of the world's great cities in the
10th century" - was once the site of hundreds of religious buildings
and palaces. It stands abandoned, and the remnants of its celebrated
buildings are in a precarious state.
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/nation_world/121302243.html
From: A. Papazian
May 5 2011
In the World:
Turkey to protect Armenian ruins
ANKARA, Turkey - Turkey has launched a project to conserve two ancient
ethnic Armenian ruins, a cathedral and a church, in what is seen as a
new gesture of reconciliation toward its neighbor.
Turkey and Armenia have been locked in a bitter dispute for decades
over the mass killings of ethnic Armenians in Turkey during the last
years of the Ottoman Empire. Efforts to normalize relations have been
set back by a conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over control of
the enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh. Azerbaijan and Turkey are Muslim
allies.
Culture Minister Ertugrul Gunay said Tuesday the project, in
partnership with the New York-based World Monuments Fund, would
conserve the remains of the Ani Cathedral and the Church of the Holy
Savior in Ani in eastern Turkey.
According to the fund, Ani - "one of the world's great cities in the
10th century" - was once the site of hundreds of religious buildings
and palaces. It stands abandoned, and the remnants of its celebrated
buildings are in a precarious state.
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/nation_world/121302243.html
From: A. Papazian