The Sur City Hall of Turkey’s Diyarbakir Province has commenced Armenian-language courses. 

The City Hall’s respective statement notes these courses were launched within the framework of its services rendered in a variety of languages. “Forty-one people are attending the Armenian-language courses initiated by Abdullah Demirbas, the Mayor of Sur. The courses will last three months,” the aforementioned statement reads, Haberler news agency of Turkey informs.

To note, the Mayor of Sur had also published several Armenian tales in Turkish and Armenian. Demirbas also launched the Armenian-language tourist guide for Diyarbakir. And the signs placed on the roads entering Sur include “Welcome” in Armenian.  

The Mayor of Sur had stated they were carrying out efforts so that the Armenian, Kurdish, Assyrian, and other languages develop in Turkey. “Tragic events took place with these nations in our history. Turkey must now confront its history and apologize to these peoples,” Sur’s Kurdish mayor had said.