Turkish parliamentarian Ahmet Şık brought to the agenda of the Mejlis the issues of desecration of the Armenian cemetery in Van and the initiative of turning the Armenian Church into a ‘cultural center’, Ermenihaber writes.
According to the publications, the Armenian cemetery in the Tushpa region of Van was destroyed as a result of the construction equipment, human bones came out of the ground.
On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, Gayane Gevorgyan, who moved from Armenia to Van and settled there, collected and again buried the bones thrown out of the graves.
The historic Armenian Holy Trinity Church was restored in Malatya after a 106-year break and was reopened a few days ago. The Turkish authorities announced that the church would be turned into a center of art and culture, but it would also be open to Christians as a place of pilgrimage. However, only the words "Taş Horan Culture and Art Center" were written on the posters used during the opening ceremony. It was not mentioned that the building was a church.
On this topic, MP Ahmet Şık asked Turkish Minister of Culture and Tourism Mehmet Nuri Ersoy’un whether the Minister was concerned about the fact that such actions destroy the cultural values of the nations, living in Anatolia, thus harming the “brotherhood of nations” in Turkey.