After its restoration, the 142-year-old Armenian Protestant church in Turkey’s Diyarbakir Province has been turned into a workshop. 

The Armenian church, which was restored by Turkey’s Directorate General of Foundations, began functioning as Women’s Education Center, Vatan daily of Turkey informs. At the Center, young girls and women learn silversmithery and silk-making.      

This program’s director, Bilgin Yigit, noted they are attempting to re-establish the arts and crafts of the Armenians and Syriacs who had left Diyarbakir.