ARMENIAN MINISTER OF CULTURE TO BE INVITED TO OPENING OF AGHTAMAR CHURCH
Noyan Tapan
Armenians Today
Aug 21 2006
ANKARA, AUGUST 21, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. Atilla Goc, the
Minister of Culture of Turkey spoke on the previous day in Anakara
about those cultural surprises that the Government of Turkey has
prepared for this autumn. The main one among them is considered
to be re-opening of the Armenian Aghtamar church in the Lake Van,
after a long and expensive reconstruction work. As "Marmara" states
quoting the Turkish "Radical" newspaper, the Minister of Culture of
Armenia will also be invited to the opening ceremony of this Armenian
historic church. Prime Minister Recep Tyyip Erdogan will fulfil the
solemn opening. Representatives from countries like France, which
has adopted the law concerning the Armenian Genocide, will also be
invited to the event. "The Aghtamar church will be opened in front
of the whole world, we invite tourists of all over the world for they
come and see that we spent 4 billions on reconstruction of Aghtamar,"
the Minister of Culture of Turkey said.