DOCUMENTS ON ARMENIAN CULTURAL HERITAGE IN TURKEY PUT IN OFFICIAL CIRCULATION IN PACE

Noyan Tapan
Jan 30, 2008

YEREVAN, JANUARY 30, NOYAN TAPAN. On January 25, PACE put in official
circulation the resolution On the State of the Cultural Heritage in
Turkey and two draft commissions On the Current State of Armenian
Cultural Values in Turkey. According to the report provided to NT by
the Zharangutiun party’s office, that documents, the co-authors of
which are 21 European countries and more than 25 parliamentarians
representing all five political groups of PACE, bring evidence on
the Armenian Genocide and deprivation of the Armenians of the homeland.

According to the same source, the authors of the documents call Turkey
for restoring the Armenian cultural heritage, which was destroyed
during the last century, including all ancient and medieval Armenian
capital cities, churches, fortresses, cemeteries, as well as other
monuments of historic Armenia, which are in the territory of Turkey
at present.