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AZG Daily #103 - 06/06/2001
Diaspora
US-ARMENIAN FAILS TO OPEN HOTEL IN VAN


Turkish Ashkam newspaper informs that US-Armenian Victor Petoyan tried
to open a hotel in Van, but he didn't succeed in it for he didn't have
a right of living in van, and, moreover, according to the newspaper,
"had a secret thought of naming it "Vardan", which means ‘victory'".

The initiative of Victor Petoyan caused big noise in Van, and the license
given to him by tourism ministry of Turkey was invalidated. The police
gave Petoyan only one day so that the new owner of the hotel vacates
it. Petoyan said that he'll apply to court, but Van's merchants insisted
in their turn that Petoyan came to Van not to trade or make investments,
but for "some other reasons".