St. Giragos Armenian Church located in the Sur district of Diyarbakir, Turkey, is being restored four years after being damaged in the clashes between the Turkish and Kurdish forces in 2015.
The renovation has been initiated by the Ministry of Environment and Urban Planning. Sur Governor Abdullah Ciftci said 30 million Turkish liras have been provided for restoration of four churches in the region, Ermenihaber reported.
The renovation works are expected to end in late 2020.
St. Giragos Church was built in 1376. The belfry of the largest church in the Near East was destroyed in 1913 by lightning, after which the Armenians built a new belfry wi...
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