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Turkey: Historic Armenian Church in Kayseri to be Turned into a Library

The Turkish newspaper Hurriyet recently reported that the historic Surp Asdvadzadzin (Mother Mary/Meryem Ana) Armenian church in the city of Kayseri will be turned into a library and “book café." According to the report, the project has a budget of six-million Turkish liras. “The church became deserted years ago as there was no longer an Armenian c

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Uzay Bulut

Uzay Bulut is a Turkish journalist and political analyst formerly based in Ankara. She is a fellow at the Middle East Forum (MEF) and is currently based in Washington D.C. Bulut’s journalistic work focuses mainly on Turkish politics, ethnic and religious minorities in Turkey, and antisemitism.

3 Comments

  1. “It seems as though cultural genocide is a never-ending process in Turkey.”

    Furthermore, committing genocide, whether physical or cultural, is a tradition deeply ingrained within the Turkish culture.

    Not only is the destruction of Christian heritage continuing within the stolen country of present-day Turkey, but in addition, the Muslim Turkish leadership is also attempting to destroy the heritage of its Muslim Kurdish population.

    Sadly, the ideology of the Turkish scum nation revolves around the horribly absurd claim that Turks were the original inhabitants of present-day Turkey, when in fact, their brutal, savage, backward barbarian ancestors happened to emigrate (by way of horse) to the land of the Armenians (the western part of historic Armenia) from central Asia, after having previously emigrated out of Mongolia hundreds of years earlier.

  2. Well written Yeravanian. How true. Well! where is that useless organisation called the UN? is it a matter of convenience that they say nothing or do nothing? who knows but with all honesty, what does the UN stand for? does it matter to them what turkey does to it’s minorities? what a sad world indeed.

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