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    BRITISH JOURNALIST TO VISIT THE ONLY ARMENIAN VILLAGE IN TURKEY

    Tert.am
    14.01.11

    Two journalists of foreign newspapers will visit an Armenian village
    in Turkey, according to Turkish news agency Anadolu.

    Thr journalists of the British Sunday Telegraph and Swiss Trajectoire,
    who are in Turkey upon the invitation of Turkish minister of culture
    and tourism, arrived in the town of Hatay (Antakya), southern Turkey,
    to preapare articles about the fascinating areas in the region in an
    attempt to boots tourism.

    "Earlier, I had gone to Istanbul, Bursa, Izmir, and this is the first
    time I have come to Hatay ... Besides, I will visit several villages,
    including the Armenian village Vakifli," Lindsey Macqueen of the
    Sunday Telegraph told Anadolu.

    Vakifli Koyu is the last Christian Armenian village in Turkey. After
    WWI it became a part of Syria, and many of the surrounding villages
    on Musa Dagh (Musa Ler) mountain were also Armenian.

    In 1939 this territory was transferred to Turkey, a move which Syria
    does not recognize, and all of the other Armenian villages chose to
    leave, rather than live in Turkey.

    Along with Anjar in Lebanon, Kessab in Syria, and some Hemshin villages
    these are some of the last Western Armenian speaking villages in
    the world.




    From: A. Papazian
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