treasure-hunters Turkish treasure hunters have targeted the Surp Mariam Astvatsatsin Armenian church in the village of Kovanli of Bitlis province, Ermenihaber.am reports citing the head of the Armenian minority union, Aziz Dagci.

According to him, holes with up to 3m depth have been found near the church and the adjacent cemetery. Similar barbarisms were previously perpetrated in certain areas of Mush and Sassoun.

According to Dagci, the treasure hunters sought to find gold and historical valuables from the church and the cemetery, which belong to the Armenian community of Turkey.

The Armenian Church of Arakelots monastery (Holy Apostles) of Mush (Western Armenia, now Turkey) continues to deteriorate, victim Turks treasure hunters. According to the Turkish newspaper Milliyet, the last monastery church mcho Arakelots located near the town of Arak in the province of Mush is half destroyed, with box gold diggers or “treasure of the Armenians” who dug in the church basement and the walls threaten to collapse. They also dug under Armenian graves.

Arakelots had significant meaning for Armenians. He said that 23 graves were desecrated and that, even inside the church a large hole had been dug. He also filed a complaint against theft of materials of the Armenian Church, including outdoor ornamental stones.

Krikor Amirzayan

Turkish treasure hunters target Armenian church, cemetery

The Armenian Church mcho Arakelots the Mush region (Turkey) Turkish victim treasure hunters …