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Police prevent MP Garo Paylan from entering cemetery

Police prevent MP Garo Paylan from entering cemetery

HDP MP Garo Paylan, Chamber of Architects Ankara Chair Tezcan Karakuş Candan and the group accompanying them were not allowed to enter the Armenian cemetery in Ankara to examine the ongoing construction.

‘Why don’t you stop the construction on Armenian cemetery?’

HDP MP PAYLAN

‘Why don’t you stop the construction on Armenian cemetery?’

HDP MP Garo Paylan has raised concerns that concrete is still being poured on an Armenian and Catholic cemetery in Ankara as part of a construction undertaken by the Housing Development Administration of Turkey (TOKİ).

'Shops are being built on Armenian and Catholic cemetery in Ankara'

'Shops are being built on Armenian and Catholic cemetery in Ankara'

The Chamber of Architects has applied to the authorities for the halt of the construction.