The group assigned to demolish the Monument to Humanity to Armenian-Turkish friendship in
The demolition works started 10:12 a.m. First the group cut the head looking at
Traffic on nearby street was suspended for security reasons.
As Armenian News-NEWS.am reported earlier, during his visit to
Former Mayor of Kars Naif Alibeyoglu has always stood for the opening of the Armenia-Turkey border without any preconditions and for this purpose organized a collection of signature in
“The decision to demolish the monument to the Armenian-Turkish friendship was made at the Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev’s request, former Mayor of Kars city,” Alibeyoglu said. “
Famous Turkish artists held a protest action against demolition of the monument. The protest action was attended by former Prosecutor General of Erzinca Ilham Jihaner, former mayor of Kars Naif Alibeyoglu, the sculptor Mehmet Aksol and other artists.