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Turkey’s last Armenian village fears for its future after quake

A view of the damaged altar at the church in Vakifli, the last Armenian village in Turkey, in the aftermath of the deadly earthquake, in Samandag, Turkey, February 24, 2023.

Vakifli, Turkey Reuters In Turkey’s only remaining ethnic Armenian village, Vakifli, the elderly population thank God that not one of them died during the devastating earthquakes that struck the region. But they fear for the future of their cherished home. Thirty of the village’s 40 stone houses, which are single or double storey and surrounded by […]