"DEMOLITION OF ARMENIAN MONUMENTS IS CONTINUATION OF POLICY OF GENOCIDE," ARMENIAN SCIENTISTS BELIEVE

Noyan Tapan
Nov 28, 2007

YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 28, NOYAN TAPAN. At present, they continue to
demolish the Armenian architectural monuments in Turkey. This statement
was made by Samvel Karapetian, the representative of the Research on
the Armenian Architecture organization, at the international conference
dedicated to the 40th anniversary of the memorial of the victims of
the Genocide on November 28.

According to him, the authors of the vandal programs implemented
against humanity assumed the reconstruction of the St. Cross monastery
of Aghtamar in 2005 for the purpose of slurring over their main
essence, at the same time continuing to demolish other Armenian
tumbledown architectural monuments, such as Mren, Horomos, Ili,
as well as many others.

Samvel Karapetian mentioned that under the circumstances of the absence
of diplomatic relations between Turkey and Armenia at present as well
the authorities of Turkey continue to display intolerant, in general,
and wilful attitude at best towards the monuments, which have already
been incomparably reduced.

Seda Parsamian, a collaborator of the Museum-Institute of the
Armenian Genocide of the National Academy of Sciences of the
Republic of Armenia, mentioned that the demolition of the Armenian
historical-architectural monuments in the territory of the Ottoman
Empire and the republican Turkey makes a component part of the policy
of genocide.