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Three Turks dig for Armenian treasure hunt in Kayseri

March 14, 2018 by administrator

Armenian treasure hunt in Kayseri

Three Turks dig for Armenian treasure hunt in Kayseri

In Turkey, one of Turkey’s favorite “sports” and the hunt for “Armenian treasure”. And it is not uncommon to see every week Turkish news fueled by the story of some treasure hunters, the treasure of the Armenians they would have hidden during the genocide.

In Kayseri last week the police arrested some of these “Armenian treasure hunters”.

According to the Turkish newspaper Cumhuriyet, the Kayseri police received a call informing that people were digging the earth around old buildings that had belonged to Armenians. Immediately the police arrested three people who claimed that they had received information about a treasure hidden in the ground by the Armenians. One of these treasure seekers told the press “we were looking for the king’s crown, but we found some bones …”.

Krikor Amirzayan

Armenian church in Kayseri to be renovated

December 22, 2017 by administrator

Armenian church kayseri

The Armenian Surp Grigor Lusavorich (Gregory the Illumination) Church in Kayseri, Turkey, will be restored, Hurriyet reports. The municipality will allocate 3.5 million liras (over $900 thousand) for the purpose.

Metropolitan Municipality Deputy Secretary General Hamdi Elcım said that the restoration and repair works will start at the beginning of 2018 after the permission from Kayseri Regional Protection Board of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism. The project is expected to be completed within 4.5 months.

According to the source, the church was first mentioned in 1191. The demolished church was rebuilt in 1859. In 1885, the church was renovated with the support of the people in a short time.

The city of Kayseri has an important place in the history of the Armenian church. With a population of 400,000 in 250, Kayseri is where St. Gregory the Illumination grew up, was educated and became Christian.

Turkey 13 Turkish soldiers killed, 56 wounded in attack in Turkey’s Kayseri

December 17, 2016 by administrator

Some 13 soldiers were killed, 56 wounded in attack near Erciyes University in the central Turkish city of Kayseri early on Dec.17, Hurriyet Daily News reports, citing the Turkish Armed Forces.

A bus transporting soldiers was hit by an explosion near Erciyes University in the central Turkish city of Kayseri early on December17, wounding an unknown number of people, security sources said.

Ambulances were sent to the area after the explosion, the sources said. Turkey’s Dogan news agency said the blast hit the bus as it drove past a car believed to be packed with explosives.

Hospital sources in Kayseri confirmed that people had been killed and wounded after an explosion hit a bus there on Dec.17, although they were not able to give any details about the death toll.

Broadcaster NTV said the bus was carrying off-duty soldiers and civilians when it was hit by the blast near a bus stop at the campus of Erciyes University.

Turkish Deputy Prime Minister, Veysi Kaynak said blast that hit bus was a car bomb and it targeted bus carrying soldiers.

Kaynak also said, blast resembled attack in Beshiktash in Istanbul, confirming that there were wounded but unsure on number of deaths.

Meanwhile, Turkey’s media watchdog, the Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK), imposed a temporary ban that includes live broadcast from the scene, footage taken from the time of the blast and afterwards, and images of bodies, the agency said in a statement.

An investigation to the attack is underway.

The blast came a week after a twin bombing outside an Istanbul soccer stadium killed more than 40 people and wounded more than 100, an attack claimed by Kurdish militants.