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TURKEY'S KURDISH PARTY FIGHTS FOR PRESERVATION OF ARMENIAN HOUSES
[ Part 2.2: "Attached Text" ]
http://armenpress.am/eng/news/726995/turkey%E2%80%99s-kurdish-party-fights-for-preservation-of-armenian-houses.html
12:17, 23 July, 2013
YEREVAN, JULY 23, ARMNEPRESS: The only Kurdish Party in the Turkey's
Parliament "Peace and Democracy" has launched a struggle against
the demolition of the Armenian houses in the MuĊ~_ Province. As
reported by Armenpress, quoting the Turkish Taraf Periodical, the
Van Preservation Regional Council has started the study of the Kale
District of MuĊ~_ Province. It is mentioned that, if in the result of
the study the Armenian houses are announced to be cultural heritage,
they will be taken under special care.
The MuĊ~_ Deputy of the "Peace and Democracy" Party Demir Celik stated
with pain that though the Van Preservation Regional Council is still
implementing the study, the MuĊ~_ Municipality, without waiting for
the decision of the Council, has already begun the demolition of
the houses.
"During the last visit to MuĊ~_ we saw unfortunately that about
the 60% of the 300 historical buildings of the region had been
destructed. The devastation of the centuries-old history of our city
is unacceptable. Was the Genocide of 1915 not enough? The devastation
of the tracks of the Armenians again brings the rights issue of the
people, who suffered the Genocide, into the agenda", - said Demir
Celik, stating that they would not stop the struggle.
In the framework of the urban renewal project the Housing Development
Administration of Turkey (TOKI) intends to build 864 residential
houses and 107 offices in the place of the Armenian houses in the
Kale District of MuĊ~_. The TOKI has agreed with the 85% of the local
population to carry out the reconstruction works on the territory of
about 60,000 square meters.
Many of the local population, living in the Kale District of
MuĊ~_ Province, refuse to take the money suggested by the Housing
Development Administration of Turkey and leave their houses. The
TOKI representatives announced that in any case they will demolish
the houses and if the population does not leave voluntarily, their
goods as well will remain under ruins.
An electronic signature collection has been organized against the
demolition of the historical Armenian houses in the MuĊ~_ Province,
the initiators of which appealed to join them and prohibit the
devastation of the last Armenian historical tracks in MuĊ~_.
"Armenians, Greeks and Assyrians are being subjected to genocide. The
process, launched by the genocide in 1915, is currently continuing
as a cultural and economic genocide. To kill a culture means to kill
the mankind. It is a historical genocide", - says the statement.
The confiscation of properties of minority foundations dates back to
the early days of the Turkish Republic. The 1936 Law on Foundations,
known as the 1936 Declaration, ordered all foundations to submit a
property declaration listing immovable and other properties owned by
each and every foundation. Following the death of the nation's founder
Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, those property declarations were forgotten.
When the Cyprus problem escalated in the 1970s, the General
Directorate of Foundations asked non-Muslim foundations to resubmit
their regulations. Yet those foundations did not have such regulations
because of a practice during the Ottoman Empire where such foundations
could only be established by individual decrees of the sultan of the
day. After receiving a negative response from these foundations, the
General Directorate of Foundations made a ruling that the declarations
of 1936 would be considered their regulation. Unless these declarations
did not carry a special provision entitling the foundation to acquire
immovable property, the General Directorate expropriated all immovable
property acquired after 1936.These expropriation acts were in violation
of both the Lausanne agreement and property rights.
[ Part 2.2: "Attached Text" ]
http://armenpress.am/eng/news/726995/turkey%E2%80%99s-kurdish-party-fights-for-preservation-of-armenian-houses.html
12:17, 23 July, 2013
YEREVAN, JULY 23, ARMNEPRESS: The only Kurdish Party in the Turkey's
Parliament "Peace and Democracy" has launched a struggle against
the demolition of the Armenian houses in the MuĊ~_ Province. As
reported by Armenpress, quoting the Turkish Taraf Periodical, the
Van Preservation Regional Council has started the study of the Kale
District of MuĊ~_ Province. It is mentioned that, if in the result of
the study the Armenian houses are announced to be cultural heritage,
they will be taken under special care.
The MuĊ~_ Deputy of the "Peace and Democracy" Party Demir Celik stated
with pain that though the Van Preservation Regional Council is still
implementing the study, the MuĊ~_ Municipality, without waiting for
the decision of the Council, has already begun the demolition of
the houses.
"During the last visit to MuĊ~_ we saw unfortunately that about
the 60% of the 300 historical buildings of the region had been
destructed. The devastation of the centuries-old history of our city
is unacceptable. Was the Genocide of 1915 not enough? The devastation
of the tracks of the Armenians again brings the rights issue of the
people, who suffered the Genocide, into the agenda", - said Demir
Celik, stating that they would not stop the struggle.
In the framework of the urban renewal project the Housing Development
Administration of Turkey (TOKI) intends to build 864 residential
houses and 107 offices in the place of the Armenian houses in the
Kale District of MuĊ~_. The TOKI has agreed with the 85% of the local
population to carry out the reconstruction works on the territory of
about 60,000 square meters.
Many of the local population, living in the Kale District of
MuĊ~_ Province, refuse to take the money suggested by the Housing
Development Administration of Turkey and leave their houses. The
TOKI representatives announced that in any case they will demolish
the houses and if the population does not leave voluntarily, their
goods as well will remain under ruins.
An electronic signature collection has been organized against the
demolition of the historical Armenian houses in the MuĊ~_ Province,
the initiators of which appealed to join them and prohibit the
devastation of the last Armenian historical tracks in MuĊ~_.
"Armenians, Greeks and Assyrians are being subjected to genocide. The
process, launched by the genocide in 1915, is currently continuing
as a cultural and economic genocide. To kill a culture means to kill
the mankind. It is a historical genocide", - says the statement.
The confiscation of properties of minority foundations dates back to
the early days of the Turkish Republic. The 1936 Law on Foundations,
known as the 1936 Declaration, ordered all foundations to submit a
property declaration listing immovable and other properties owned by
each and every foundation. Following the death of the nation's founder
Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, those property declarations were forgotten.
When the Cyprus problem escalated in the 1970s, the General
Directorate of Foundations asked non-Muslim foundations to resubmit
their regulations. Yet those foundations did not have such regulations
because of a practice during the Ottoman Empire where such foundations
could only be established by individual decrees of the sultan of the
day. After receiving a negative response from these foundations, the
General Directorate of Foundations made a ruling that the declarations
of 1936 would be considered their regulation. Unless these declarations
did not carry a special provision entitling the foundation to acquire
immovable property, the General Directorate expropriated all immovable
property acquired after 1936.These expropriation acts were in violation
of both the Lausanne agreement and property rights.