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TURKISH STATE BACKS DESTRUCTION OF ARMENIAN CHURCH
news.am
August 30, 2012 | 14:04
YEREVAN. - Vardzk magazine's each issue includes topics which were
never before covered, stated Samvel Karapetyan, chairman of the
foundation studying Armenian architecture, during a press conference
on Thursday.
In his words, an article in the magazine is devoted to the
seventh-century Armenian Church of Mren, which is located in Turkey,
very near the border with Armenia and in the vicinity of Akhuryan
River.
"The Church's entire southern facade had collapsed ever since 2006.
The Mren shrine cannot be visited because there is a military post
[there], so no one may visit.
In the meantime, holes were dug in the church, and it is apparent
that either treasure hunters or some people have worked there for
a long time. And it turns out that they have turned a blind eye to
those who destroy the shrine.
This shows that the destruction of the shrine of Mren is sponsored
by the [Turkish] state. The government of Turkey advertises to the
world with great fanfare that it restored the [Armenian] Akhtamar
Monastery [on Lake Van], yet it destroys the Mren Monastery," Samvel
Karapetyan remarked.
news.am
August 30, 2012 | 14:04
YEREVAN. - Vardzk magazine's each issue includes topics which were
never before covered, stated Samvel Karapetyan, chairman of the
foundation studying Armenian architecture, during a press conference
on Thursday.
In his words, an article in the magazine is devoted to the
seventh-century Armenian Church of Mren, which is located in Turkey,
very near the border with Armenia and in the vicinity of Akhuryan
River.
"The Church's entire southern facade had collapsed ever since 2006.
The Mren shrine cannot be visited because there is a military post
[there], so no one may visit.
In the meantime, holes were dug in the church, and it is apparent
that either treasure hunters or some people have worked there for
a long time. And it turns out that they have turned a blind eye to
those who destroy the shrine.
This shows that the destruction of the shrine of Mren is sponsored
by the [Turkish] state. The government of Turkey advertises to the
world with great fanfare that it restored the [Armenian] Akhtamar
Monastery [on Lake Van], yet it destroys the Mren Monastery," Samvel
Karapetyan remarked.