Samvel Karapetyan: Turkey will not calm down unless it destroys all Armenian monuments in its territoryOctober 1, 2010 - 12:38 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Historian of architecture Samvel Karapetyan said that Armenians should be ‘glad’ that a namaz will be prayed on the ruins of Ani on October 1. Until recently, the site where the public prayer will be offered was ignored. Now, Turkish government acknowledges that it’s a sacred place,” Karapetyan told journalists in Yerevan. “There are plenty of churches turned in mosques but the government has chosen that very place to offend Armenians even more,” he said. Karapetyan reminded that there were over 2000 Armenian churches and monuments in Turkey, now one tenth of them is left. “If Turkey goes on in the same vein, no church will remain in some 10 or 15 years. Turkey will not calm down unless it destroys all Armenian monuments in its territory,” he said. Top stories As a result of floods in Armenia’s northern Lori and Tavush provinces, 17 bridges, including five large ones, have collapsed. David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has met with Stephan Schütz, Executive Partner at Gerkan, Marg and Partners. The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. Partner news Most popular in the section | Concept to complete Yerevan Cascade discussed at city hall A conceptual proposal to complete the Cascade complex in downtown Yerevan has been presented by Jean-Michel Wilmotte. €3.5 mln EU grant to support justice reforms in Armenia The European Union has paid €3.5 mln grant to Armenia within a €11mln program on Support to Justice Reforms. Yerevan reacts to Baku’s proposal to see Minsk Group abolition Alen Simonyan has declared that Armenia is taking steps aimed at concluding a peace treaty with Azerbaijan. U.S. Assistant Secretary of State to travel to Armenia Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs James C. O’Brien will travel to Yerevan on June 10-12. |