The famous Turkish
Taraf Periodical touched upon the destruction activities of the Armenian
buildings and structures located in different Turkish territories. As reported
by Armenpress, Taraf wrote about the decision of the Turkish authorities to demolish
the Armenian houses in one of the districts in Muş Province and build new
apartment buildings. The Periodical quoted the words of the Muş Mayor Necmettin
Dede that the houses do not belong to the Armenians. Dede announced that by now
no Armenian has submitted a property certificate to prove that the property
belongs to an Armenian.
Taraf also touched upon the destruction and plunder of
other Armenian properties, besides Muş. Particularly the Periodical noted about
the Tekirdağ Malkara’s Armenian cemetery, where human bones were
found during the construction works. Some of them were thrown to the garbage.
Another part was buried in the ground. The same destiny had the Armenian
cemetery in Sivas (Armenian Sebastia), where only one tombstone has remained
Taraf highlighted the Siirt Eruh’s St.
Hovhannes Church as well, which was sold to a Turkish building company by the
Turkish authorities with a very low price.
The Periodical writes about the Sanasaryan Han building
located in Istanbul, which was put on auction for lease, though a legal trial
is in process to return the structure to the Armenian Patriarchate
At the end of the article Taraf Periodical noted that
before 1915 there were 299 churches, 94 temples, 53 sacred places, 135 Armenian
schools and a cemetery in Muş. In 339 villages nearby Muş about 75,000
Armenians lived. "According to the information found in the documents of
Talaat Pasha, the architect of the Armenian Genocide, at that time
114,704 Armenians were "deported" from Muş and the neighboring areas
and sentenced to death. During the population census of 1917 it was registered
that 99% of the Armenians of the region have been lost", - concludes the
Turkish Taraf Periodical.
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