Ağrı Municipality demolished the Central Mosque, which was built with the stones of the church, which was destroyed in 1950

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Ağrı Municipality demolished the Central Mosque, which was built with the stones of the church, which was destroyed in 1950 and is one of the symbols of the city.

They demolished the mosque built with church stones

12 April 2021 –

AĞRI- Ağrı Municipality of AKP demolished the Central Mosque, one of the symbols of the city, built with the stones of the church that was destroyed in 1950.

The AKP’s Ağrı Municipality demolished the Central Mosque, one of the symbols of the city. In the construction of the demolished mosque, the stones of the Monastery belonging to Armenians, which was located 18 kilometers away in Taşlıçay district, in the village of Taşteker with its current name and which was destroyed in 1950, were used. The stones that are used in the demolished mosque and have historical value are turned into rubble piles with construction machines and transported by trucks to other places.

AKP’s Mayor Prosecutor Sayan claimed that the mosque will be rebuilt with Ottoman architecture.

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