The Modern Arts Centre in Turkey’s capital of Ankara, where Russian Ambassador Andrei Karlov was assassinated, has been named after the diplomat, TASS reports referring to Turkish Anadolu news agency.
The Cankaya district municipality head Alper Tasdelen said that the murder of the Russian ambassador has caused the peoples of Turkey and Russia much grief.
“We condemn terrorists, as terrorism is beyond nationality or religion. This center will keep the memory of Andrei Karlov alive,” the agency quoted Tasdelen as saying.
To note, Russia’s Ambassador to Turkey Andrei Karlov was gunned down on December 19 while he was delivering a speech at the opening ceremony of a photo exhibition. According to Turkey’s authorities, the attacker was immediately neutralized by security forces. Russia’s foreign ministry officially declared it a terrorist attack, while the Investigative Committee launched a criminal case labeling Karlov’s assassination an act of international terrorism.