"Church Controversy Fuels Fresh Turkey-Armenia Tensions
The Armenian church was built in the 10th century
The Armenian church was built in the 10th century
September 17, 2010
By Irina Hovanissian, Karine Simonyan
VAN, Turkey -- It was meant to be a day of spirituality and reconciliation, a symbol of warming ties between two historical foes.
Instead, a planned religious service at an Armenian church in eastern Turkey is threatening to descend into a major dispute between the two nations, still bitterly divided over their troubled history."
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