Tourists mislead as to Armenian cultural heritage in TurkeyJune 1, 2011 - 15:40 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Signs set next to cultural monuments in Turkey are misleading the tourists, describing Armenian cultural heritage as Turkish, according to oriental studies expert. As Raffi Kortoshyan told a news conference in Yerevan, Turkey is consistently striving to either destroy or appropriate Armenian monuments. The expert cited reconstruction of monuments in Ani destroying any signs of Armenian heritage as an example. The chairman of Armenian Cultural Foundation Samvel Karapetyan, in turn, stressed that no Armenian expert has yet participated in reconstruction works. Mr. Karapetyan expressed concern over distortion of the monuments’ architecture during reconstruction process, which could have been prevented, were Armenian experts invited to participate. Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Armenia border residents dissatisfied with delimitation Residents Kirants are dissatisfied with the results of the delimitation of the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan. “Great success”: Pashinyan pleased with new border protocol Pashinyan has described the signing by Armenia and Azerbaijan of a protocol on delimitation in Tavush as “a great success”. Armenia, Azerbaijan sign protocol on demarcation coordinates Armenia’s government took on May 15 another step towards handing over four border areas to Azerbaijan. U.S. warns Georgia not to side with Moscow against the west Georgia has been warned by the U.S. not to become an adversary of the west by falling back in line with Moscow. |