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Viewing cable 07ADANA122, TURKEY'S SOLE ETHNIC ARMENIAN VILLAGE SAYS IT'S TIME TO MOVE

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
07ADANA122 2007-10-30 14:27 2011-08-24 01:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Consulate Adana
VZCZCXRO2980
RR RUEHDA
DE RUEHDA #0122 3031427
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 301427Z OCT 07
FM AMCONSUL ADANA
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 4623
INFO RUEHAK/AMEMBASSY ANKARA 1166
RUEHIT/AMCONSUL ISTANBUL 1007
RUEHYE/AMEMBASSY YEREVAN 0007
RUEHKB/AMEMBASSY BAKU 0010
RUEHSI/AMEMBASSY TBILISI 0008
RUEHDA/AMCONSUL ADANA 1226
UNCLAS ADANA 000122 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: TU AM PGOV PHUM PREL
SUBJECT: TURKEY'S SOLE ETHNIC ARMENIAN VILLAGE SAYS IT'S TIME TO MOVE 
ON 
 
1.  (SBU)  SUMMARY.  Turkey's only remaining Armenian village, 
Vakifli, is fighting demographic and social pressures by 
developing niches in organic farming and religious tourism.  The 
Village elders said Turkish officials treat Vakifli well, 
including providing help with church renovations.  While the 
leaders also recognized Vakifli's unique status is a draw for 
tourists and journalists, they wish the latter would focus on 
their region's economic potential instead of dwelling on the 
stale "genocide" controversy.  END SUMMARY. 
 
BACKGROUND 
-------------------- 
 
2.  (U)  Turkey's sole remaining ethnic Armenian village, 
Vakifli, lies on the slopes of Mount Moses in Hatay province, 35 
kilometers from the Syrian border.  According to village leader 
Berc Kartun, in 1915 inhabitants of Vakifli, along with six 
other Armenian villages, chose to hunker down rather than comply 
with the Ottoman order of expulsion.  The villages resisted 
successfully - and long enough to see Hatay's terrority ceded to 
French-administered Syria until 1939, when the province was 
relinquished to Turkey.  After the handover, many of Mount 
Moses' ethnic Armenians migrated to Lebanon and Syria, and those 
who remained consolidated their numbers in the village of 
Vakifli, where the current population stands at 132.  Other 
areas of Hatay likely have an additional 120 or so ethnic 
Armenians, Kartun said. 
 
LET'S MOVE ON 
----------------------- 
3.  (U)  According to village leaders, Vakifli enjoys a status 
indistinguishable from other villages and the support of local 
government.  To underscore this last point, Church leader Garbis 
Kus said the sub-governor's office donated funds to restore the 
village church, where over 100 mostly foreign tourists visit 
weekly.  Vakifli's main activity is the cultivation of 29 types 
of organic fruits and vegetables and was the first village in 
Hatay province to earn EU organic farming certification. 
Leaders want to expand export markets in hopes of retaining the 
village's thinning population and, of course, generating income 
for the village.  Kus estimates 500 of Vakifli natives are now 
living in Istanbul and Europe due to economic and social 
factors.  Kus said there are few marriageable women in the 
community, and young Vakifli males often opt to travel to 
Istanbul or abroad to find a partner. 
4.  (U)  Kus and Kartun harshly criticized how the press handles 
AGR issues, and lament it's the same routine year after year. 
When giving TV interviews, they said they'd much rather talk 
about innovation in their organic products than a subject that 
should be left to academics to discuss.  After a recent 17-day 
trip to Armenia, the two leaders believe the key to "moving on" 
lies with Turkish Armenian rapprochement, political and 
economic.  (Both Kus and Kartun commented they had no problem 
entering Armenia with their Turkish passports, and were 
surprised to find their western dialect of Armenian and the 
language of Yerevan were very different.) 
5.  (SBU)  While the village leaders had no complaints about 
overt GOT pressure or discrimination, the reality is that 
mandatory Muslim religious classes for elementary school 
students and a ban on Christian theological schools (the church 
therefore lacks a priest) makes it challenging for Vakifli to 
preserve its Armenian culture and language.  Still, Hatay 
province is known for tolerating and even celebrating its unique 
religious and cultural diversity, and local GOT administrators 
seem to share Vakifli's enthusiasm for promoting religious 
tourism.  Other cities are also joining the effort to safeguard 
Vakifli's cultural roots; media report the Development of 
Vakifli, an Istanbul-based organization, will soon implement a 
project to restore the traditional stone houses of the village. 
 
6.  (SBU)  COMMENT.  Ironically, the sustained interest of 
outsiders will likely be key to maintaining the village's 
internal charm and authenticity.  The steady stream of media 
attention and foreign tourists will help anchor Vakifli's place 
on the newly trodden path of Hatay's faith-based and 
eco-tourism, and help the village promote its organic products. 
END COMMENT. 
 
GREEN