The Armenian Surb Giragos (Saint Giragos) Diyarbakir suffered heavy damage following the bombing of the Turkish army chasing the Kurds. Shortly before the partial destruction of the church Surb Giragos, Turkish gendarme making the hand sign of the Grey Wolves had made some photos and anti-Armenian posts within the church, he had placed pictures under Twiter under the name Turk polisi. Turkish gendarme had written under the photo, “Diyarbakir, Souri region. The little son of the Sultan Alpaslan brings incredibly Islam … “. Recall that the Armenian Surb Giragos, built in 1376 is the largest dimension of Armenian churches of the Middle East. But it is in the Souri region populated mainly by Kurds and is at the heart of clashes between Kurds and Turkish army.

Krikor Amirzayan