SURP GIRAGOS CHURCH FOUNDATION
Because of the curfew in Sur, Surp Giragos cannot receive its prize
Surp Giragos Church won 2015 European Union Prize for Cultural Heritage / Europa Nostra Award for its restoration, but cannot receive it because of the curfew in Sur. The ceremony will be held in Istanbul on May 5.
"Expropriation means closing down of Surp Giragos"
Surp Giragos Armenian Church Foundation filed an annulment action against the expropriation in Sur province of Diyarbakir. In the petition for annulment, it is pointed out that the expropriation is against the law.