The Armenian church of Saint Trinity (Sourp Yerortoutioun in Armenian) in the city of Akshehir in the province of Konya (Turkey) will be renovated and transformed into a cultural center, according to information from the Ermenihaber site taken over by the newspaper Agos “.

Akshehir which is the homeland of the famous Nasretine Hodja and “the international village of humor”. The Armenian church will be transformed into a cultural center and the ancillary rooms that housed the clerics will become a small hotel. The project is developed by the Akshehir Town Hall and the Turkish Ministry of Development and Cooperation. Before the genocide of 1915 the Armenians were 4,950 in Akshehir with 4 schools and a church, Sourp Yerortoutioun (Holy Trinity). The Armenians of the area were known as carpet-makers, iron-work shoemakers.

Krikor Amirzayan