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DESTRUCTION OF ARMENIAN HOUSES IN MUS PARTIALLY SUSPENDED
[ Part 2.2: "Attached Text" ]
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11:46, 30 July, 2013
YEREVAN, JULY 30, ARMENPRESS: The destruction process of the Armenian
houses in the Kale District of MuĊ~_ Province has been partially
suspended. As reported by Armenpress, quoting the Turkish Radikal
Periodical, this was published by the Van Protection Committee.
Garo Paylyan, implementing works related to the Armenian heritage in
Anatolia, touched upon the destruction of the Armenian houses in the
Kale District of MuĊ~_ Province, stating in particular:
"The members of the Van Protection Committee have registered one
house. For the preservation of the original architecture it is
necessary to recognize that territory as a special protection area
by the Protection Committee". Garo Paylyan noted that the Armenian
traces in the MuĊ~_ Province are being preserved, though the 80%
of the district has already been demolished.
"The history of not only Armenians but also MuĊ~_ Province is being
ruined. There were times when there were 299 churches, 94 temples,
53 sanctuaries and 135 schools, where 5,699 pupils were studying. They
were demolished one by one. We have started an initiative to protect
the remaining 3 streets. The Armenian structures ofAnatolia are being
rapidly demolished", - said Garo Paylyan.
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/727686/destruction-of-armenian-houses-in-mu%C5%9F-partially-suspended.html
11:46, 30 July, 2013
YEREVAN, JULY 30, ARMENPRESS: The destruction process of the Armenian
houses in the Kale District of MuĊ~_ Province has been partially
suspended. As reported by Armenpress, quoting the Turkish Radikal
Periodical, this was published by the Van Protection Committee.
Garo Paylyan, implementing works related to the Armenian heritage in
Anatolia, touched upon the destruction of the Armenian houses in the
Kale District of MuĊ~_ Province, stating in particular:
"The members of the Van Protection Committee have registered one
house. For the preservation of the original architecture it is
necessary to recognize that territory as a special protection area
by the Protection Committee". Garo Paylyan noted that the Armenian
traces in the MuĊ~_ Province are being preserved, though the 80%
of the district has already been demolished.
"The history of not only Armenians but also MuĊ~_ Province is being
ruined. There were times when there were 299 churches, 94 temples,
53 sanctuaries and 135 schools, where 5,699 pupils were studying. They
were demolished one by one. We have started an initiative to protect
the remaining 3 streets. The Armenian structures ofAnatolia are being
rapidly demolished", - said Garo Paylyan.
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.