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"Cultural Genocide" in Turkish way: 98% of Armenian monuments in
Western Armenia destroyed
arminfo
Saturday, March 3, 18:27
Almost 98% of the Armenian monuments in Turkey have been destroyed,
Director of the Research on Armenian Architecture NGO Samvel
Karapetyan said in an interview to ArmInfo.
He said that the Armenian Genocide of 1915 was followed by the
genocide of the Armenian cultural heritage in Turkey.
"There still are a few monuments the Turks have not dared to destroy,
one of them being Ani, but their efforts to restore them may prove
even more dangerous. For example, after such a recovery the 1,000-year
old Arakelots Church in Kars has been turned into a mosque. The
others, like Narekavank and Msho Sub karapet monasteries, have been
razed to the ground," Karapetyan said.
He said that the Turks continue their "cultural genocide." "For
example, when restoring the Surb Khach Church, they destroyed a nearby
1,000-year old Armenian monastery. We are failing to save them. In the
last 100 years we did nothing to preserve our cultural heritage in
Western Armenia," Karapetyan said.
Western Armenia destroyed
arminfo
Saturday, March 3, 18:27
Almost 98% of the Armenian monuments in Turkey have been destroyed,
Director of the Research on Armenian Architecture NGO Samvel
Karapetyan said in an interview to ArmInfo.
He said that the Armenian Genocide of 1915 was followed by the
genocide of the Armenian cultural heritage in Turkey.
"There still are a few monuments the Turks have not dared to destroy,
one of them being Ani, but their efforts to restore them may prove
even more dangerous. For example, after such a recovery the 1,000-year
old Arakelots Church in Kars has been turned into a mosque. The
others, like Narekavank and Msho Sub karapet monasteries, have been
razed to the ground," Karapetyan said.
He said that the Turks continue their "cultural genocide." "For
example, when restoring the Surb Khach Church, they destroyed a nearby
1,000-year old Armenian monastery. We are failing to save them. In the
last 100 years we did nothing to preserve our cultural heritage in
Western Armenia," Karapetyan said.