The Surp Giragos Armenian Church in Diyarbakir enters the Christmas season as a victim of plunder and vandalism, despite its location in a sealed-off area with heavy security presence. Iconic Armenian ...

Mass is celebrated in the Church of St Cyriacus for the first time in seven years. The Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople and the Turkish Minister of Culture were present at the event. Turkish autho ...

Life Historic Armenian church to reopen in Turkey's east 1,700-year-old St. Bartholomew Monastery church was reopened to worship last year after relocation of army base ...

The church, considered the largest of the Armenian community in region, was built in the sixteenth century according to some sources. It was destroyed in a fire in 1881 and rebuilt in 1883.

As well, hundreds of protesters carried the red, blue and orange Armenian flag and signs reading “Turkey guilty of genocide” at a demonstration near the Turkish consulate in East Jerusalem on ...

Associated Press correspondent Selcan Hacaoglu reports: Turkey has launched a project to conserve an ancient Armenian cathedral and church in what is seen as a gesture of reconciliation toward its … ...

In 2007, Turkey restored the 10th century Akdamar church perched on a rocky island in Lake Van — a vast body of water in eastern Turkey — and opened it as a museum.

Turkey has launched a project to conserve an ancient Armenian cathedral and church in what is seen as a gesture of reconciliation toward its neighbor. Turkey and Armenia have been locked in a ...

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey's Armenian community on Wednesday voted in Bishop Sahak Masalyan as its new patriarch, in an election that critics say was overshadowed by Turkish government ...

A church in the 1,700-year-old St. Bartholomew Monastery in Turkey's eastern city Van will be restored and opened to tourists. The provincial culture and tourism directorate said that the ...