St. Giragos Armenian Church

[8]: 179  After the war, the church was used as an army barracks, a warehouse, and as a textile factory by the state.

[8]: 179  In the 1990s severe snowstorms caused the roof to collapse, leaving the interior open to the elements.

Financial support came from the international Armenian diaspora and from the local political authorities in Diyarbakir.

[6]: 214  In 2013 the church was attracting hundreds of people per day; according to Gafur Turkay of the Surp Giragos Foundation, "Many of them are Islamised Armenians like me.

"[12] The historic district where the church is located, Sur, was heavily damaged during clashes between the Kurdistan Workers' Party and the Turkish Armed Forces in February 2016.

[13] On 26 March 2016 the Turkish government confiscated St. Giragos in the area under Article 27 of the Expropriation Law.

[1] Inside, the church has a hypostyle form with a flat roof supported by three rows of arches that divide the space into four transverse "naves".

The church is also adjoined by a Patriarchate building, residence, wells, and three courtyards which are all part of the compound.