Turkish President To Visit Ruins Of Ani

TURKISH PRESIDENT TO VISIT RUINS OF ANI NOYAN TAPAN JULY 22 Turkish President Abdullah Gul is going to visit the ruins of Ani on Armenian-Turkish border. According to the Zaman newspaper, Gul will leave for Kars on a two-day visit on July 23, during which he will visit the ruins of Ani. On July 24, Abdullah Gul together with Georgian and Azeri Presidents Mikhail Saakashvili and Ilham Aliyev will take part in the ceremony of laying the foundation of Turkish part of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan railway. The Zaman newspaper mentioned that Abdullah Gul's visit takes place in a period when warm messages are exchanged between Turkey and Armenia, and this can be perceived as a message to... [read full story]