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GEORGIAN SPECIALISTS HEAD TO TURKEY TO ASSESS RESTORATION AT GEORGIANIZED ARMENIAN CHURCH
July 18, 2013 | 16:23
A group of Georgian specialists traveled to Turkey to assess the
ongoing restoration at the Armenian Ishkhan Church, which was
Georgianized.
The press service of the Ministry of Culture and Monument Protection
of Georgia informed the aforesaid.
According to the press release, this is the Georgian specialists'
third such visit to Ishkhan Church and Oshkavank Monastery, which
are located in Turkey.
To note, Armenian specialists have announced on numerous occasions
that both Ishkhan and Oshkavank are Armenian architectural monuments.
Moreover, they have Armenian names.
The Turkish authorities, however, try to represent both monuments
as Georgian cultural heritage. In their turn, the Georgians visit
them in an attempt to convince the Turkish authorities that these
monuments are a part of the Georgian culture.
http://news.am/eng/news/163084.html
July 18, 2013 | 16:23
A group of Georgian specialists traveled to Turkey to assess the
ongoing restoration at the Armenian Ishkhan Church, which was
Georgianized.
The press service of the Ministry of Culture and Monument Protection
of Georgia informed the aforesaid.
According to the press release, this is the Georgian specialists'
third such visit to Ishkhan Church and Oshkavank Monastery, which
are located in Turkey.
To note, Armenian specialists have announced on numerous occasions
that both Ishkhan and Oshkavank are Armenian architectural monuments.
Moreover, they have Armenian names.
The Turkish authorities, however, try to represent both monuments
as Georgian cultural heritage. In their turn, the Georgians visit
them in an attempt to convince the Turkish authorities that these
monuments are a part of the Georgian culture.
http://news.am/eng/news/163084.html