Armenian church in Turkey to serve as center for cultureFebruary 13, 2016 - 12:42 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - A historic Armenian church in the town of Turgutlu in Turkey's Manisa province is currently under repair to later serve as a center for education, culture and art, Ermenihaber.am reports. Before 2003, the church was used as a service building for the Turgutlu city hall. In an interview with a Turkish TV channel, leader of Turgutly regional center from the ruling AK Party Muris Gedizli expressed concern over the possibility of the building to once again become a pilgrimage site. The Turkish official was, perhaps, infuriated by the fact that even after serving other purposes for so many years, the church hasn't fallen into oblivion, still being referred to as an Armenian place of worship. No information on the church's possible return to the Armenians has ever emerged though. Top stories The EU does not intend to conduct military exercises with Armenia, Lead Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano says. Hikmet Hajiyev has said that there is no place for USAID operation in Azerbaijan any longer. A telephone conversation between Putin and Pashinyan before the CSTO summit is not planned, Peskov says. London’s Armenian community has been left feeling “under attack” after the city’s Genocide monument was vandalised. Partner news | Russia clarifying reports on Baku’s alleged arms supply to Ukraine Russia says is carefully working to verify reports about alleged arms supplies from Azerbaijan to Ukraine Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. Ucom launches network modernization efforts in few regions of Armenia In particular, on March 28, the legacy Mobile Switching Subsystem will be replaced with a new one. Armenia to sing in 2nd semi-final of Eurovision The organizers of Eurovision 2024 have revealed the running order of the countries in the two semi-finals. |