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  • Armenian Monument Found During Excavations In Aghtamar Island: Turks

    ARMENIAN MONUMENT FOUND DURING EXCAVATIONS IN AGHTAMAR ISLAND: TURKS KEEPS SILENCE ABOUT ITS BEING ARMENIAN

    Noyan Tapan
    Armenians Today
    Jun 1 2006

    ISTANBUL, JUNE 1, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. A monument dated of
    June 1, 1884 was found during the excavations implemented near the
    church of the Akhatamar Island in Lake Van. Mete Tozkoparan, the
    Director of the Van museum informed that excavations were started
    from the church garden, near the monks' house, and numerous rooms
    coming next to each other were found out in this territory. "A marble
    stone-monument was found during the last excavations in a territory
    consisting of six rooms, and the monument shows that a college
    established to prepare clergymen existed in that territory. It is
    written on the stone that the college was opened on June 1, 1884 by
    Khachatur Rshtuntsi, one of Catholicoses of that period of time,"
    Tozkaparan stated. The Director of the Van museum considers notable
    the fact that the monument, besides giving information about details of
    building of the college, contains "expressions of gratitude" addressed
    to sultan of that period of time Abdul Hamid II for his permission,
    assistance and support in the issue of building the college. "It
    is clear from the monument that the monks' college was built during
    the period of Abdul Hamid II, Tozkoparan mentioned and informed that
    they defined that a monks' college was really built in that territory
    in the same year. The Istanbul "Marmara" daily draws attention to
    the fact that in spite of the information of the monument with text
    in the Armenian language and one about the Armenian Catholicos, the
    issue that this church of Aghtamar is Armenian, and the text on the
    stone is in Armenian was not touched upon at all.
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