  Samvel Karapetyan: Turkey will not calm down unless it destroys all Armenian monuments in its territory  October 1, 2010 - 12:38 AMTPanARMENIAN.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 David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. 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. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said. The situation on the contact line between Karabakh and Azerbaijan was relatively stable overnight, the Defense Army says.   Partner news |  Latest news Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia  The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia.Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty.Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza.Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. |
