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  • Turkey Initiates Reconstruction Of Ruins Of Armenian City Of Ani

    TURKEY INITIATES RECONSTRUCTION OF RUINS OF ARMENIAN CITY OF ANI

    ISTANBUL, MARCH 31, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. The Ministry of
    Tourism of Turkey initiated a program of reconstruction of ruins of the
    historic Armenian city of Ani. According to the Turkish "Zaman" daily's
    correspondent from Erzrum, excavations will last in Ani for 10 years,
    after what the reconstruction is envisaged. Professor Hamza Gundogdu,
    the Chief of the Art History Department of the "Ataturk" University
    was elected by the Ministry for implementation of the program. He
    will gather a staff to start works in Ani just this year. Lecturers
    and 35 students will be involved in works. This year the excavations
    will start from the so called Arslanl door of the Ani ruins and will
    get to the door of Kars. Work will be done near Manuchehri in 2007,
    and near the castles and city of Ani in 2008. In 2010 th inner
    part of the castle will be taken out, and in 2011-2015 work will
    be done for strengthening ruins and taking out the inner riches of
    the castle. Before excavation works, Gundogdu carried out necessary
    researches and assured that he will do an impartial work. The first
    excavations were carried out in Ani in 1892 by Nikoghayos Marr.

    The excavations were again re-started in 1917. Turkish Professor
    Kemal Balkan was engaged in that affair in 1964. His works lasted two
    years. Beyhan Karamaghal from the "Hajettepe" University implemented
    the same work in 1988-2005.

    The interesting issue of this initiative of the Turkish Government
    is the one that, as the "Marmara" daily of Istanbul emphasizes, name
    of Armenians was mentioned nowhere. It's written under the picture
    representing the present state of the city of Ani that Ani which
    is the first city captured by Turks, has "numerous historic riches"
    belonging to Seljuks.
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