ARMINFO News Agency, Armenia August 7, 2017 Monday Turkish authorities make another encroachment on the Armenian Church Yerevan August 07 Tatevik Shahunyan. From the stones of Armenian church of Varaghavank in the Turkish province of Van (the territory of Western Armenia) a new mosque, houses and other structures are being built. This was reported to the local media by the head of the Union for the Protection of Cultural Monuments of Van Ali Kalchek. Currently, Armenian church is studying the Qur'an for local children, the Turkish edition of Yeniozgurpolitika reports. The Armenian church of Varagavank was built in the 7th-8th centuries AD. The temple was badly damaged during the 1915 Armenian Genocide. Later the efforts of the Turkish Armenians restored the church.