Armenian church without Armenians
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2/12/2010
As reported by Turkish Huberturk, renovation works of the Armenian St. Kirakos church are conducted in Diarbakyr. The project is estimated $ 2.5 million and financed by the “St. Kirakos” foundation. The foundation, chaired by Tekin Papuchyan, is mainly financed by Diarbakyr-origin Armenians. Works are intended to be completed in 2011. The liturgy is intended to be conducted twice a year and it is also planned to install cross on the church. It is sad to note that currently only 8-10 Armenian families live in the city, although 50 years ago there were around 1000 Armenians living in Diarbakyr.
According to the records of city government, the church was built in XV century. It is interesting that after the destruction of the old bell tower struck by lightning in 1913, the architect-builder David Hzarchyan built a new tower in elevated Gothic style that was much higher and more beautiful than the old one. However, soon in notorious 1915 the new tower was destroyed by Turkish artillery. Currently Diarbakyr, built on the site of the one of former capitals of Great Armenia-Tigranakert, unofficially considered the capital of Turkish Kurdistan.
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