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Bishkek, August 9, Interfax – Kirghiz archeologists have discovered ruins of the Armenian monastery in which St. Matthews may have been buried, at eastern side of Lake Issyk-Kul in the north of the country. Local mass media have reported Tuesday, citing the leader of the archeological expedition Vladimir Ploskikh, that the ruins of the monastery have been discovered near the village of Tiuf, on the land surrounded by water from three sides, though they had searched for them underwater. The ruins are concealed inside a large loam hill. The search for the Armenian monastery in which, according to tradition, St....

ANKARA - ''I launch a call to countries who become a tool of the Armenian allegations: Either you account for what you have done, or prove the allegations,'' Turkish Foreign Minister & Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Gul said on Tuesday. Gul addressed his party group meeting as the acting Prime Minister. Mentioning the so-called Armenian allegations, Gul recalled that Turkish and Armenian peoples lived together for nearly a thousand years and contributed to each others' culture and security within this period. Gul stated that Armenians worked as high ranking officials and Armenian church has been set up in the Ottoman...