Khtzkonk Monastery, a group of five Armenian churches built between the seventh and thirteenth centuries near the village of Digor in what is now Turkey. Four of them were blown up by Turkish soldiers in the 1950s.
An immense amount of Armenian religious structures were demolished during the Armenian genocide- but the destruction did not end there. Turkish control of land that was part of ancient Armenian kingdoms led to places like this monastery being at their mercy whenever tensions rose between the two countries- as they did in the 1950s.
archineering says
An immense amount of Armenian religious structures were demolished during the Armenian genocide- but the destruction did not end there. Turkish control of land that was part of ancient Armenian kingdoms led to places like this monastery being at their mercy whenever tensions rose between the two countries- as they did in the 1950s.
More information and images of the site today
TurbulenceHigh says
Goddam turk they never stop their tyranny
datoome says
Now this Turkish expansionism and disregard for others is back with Erdogan in charge. No wonder he supports Azerbaijan in the current war…
404AppleCh1ps99 says
They recently destroyed an Armenian graveyard too(Azerbaijan did). Criminals.
simmermayor says
Turkey has so much rich culture but instead of keeping they destroy it