TURKEY RESTORES ARMENIAN CHURCHES TO BOOST TOURISM
March 28, 2013 – 14:26 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net – Turkey has resolved to reconstruct St. Mary’s Church
in Gurun town, Sivas Province.
According to Ermenihaber.am, Mayor Mehmet AktaÅ~_ noted that the
initiative is aimed to foster the development of the tourism sector
in the province.
The Armenian church, dating back to the 19th century, previously served
as a prison, later a cinema and a warehouse. It will be restored as
a municipal museum.
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