Van Times published also in Armenian

Local Turkish newspaper Van Times, currently published in four languages (Turkish, Kurdish, Persian and English), is now being published also in Armenian ahead of the September 19 mass to be served in Sourb Khach (Saint Cross) Church on Akhtamar Island in Lake Van, eastern Turkey.

According to Turkish news agency Dogan, the Armenian version of the daily has been prepared by the stuff of the Istanbul-based bilingual weekly Agos.

"Van Times asked us to prepare the newspaper's Armenian version, and we started to work. We prepared the first issue, which has already been published. The first issue focuses on Yashar Kemal's memoires on Akhtamar. And our editor Bagrat Estukyan's comments will be published in tomorrow's edition. Information about Armenian momasteris in Van will also be published," Managing Editor of Agos Aris Nalci told Dogan.