Cihat Arik, the kaimakam (official charged with governing a provincial district) of Sason region of
Accompanied by the prefect of Calisirlar village, Arik and the region’s mufti (official learned in Islamic law who is in charge of Islamic affairs for a province or district) visited the Armenian families living in the village, reports Anadolu news agency of Turkey.
The kaimakam later informed that he met with around thirty Armenians in Calisirlar, and spoke with them.
“We spoke with our Armenian fellow citizens around a table. This visit gave the beauty of different nations’ living with one another,” Cihat Arik stated.
