Expressing his sadness over the church's current condition, Ürek told Anadolu that the country's Culture and Tourism Minister Mehmet Nuri Ersoy told them they were going to facilitate the rebuilding of the destroyed buildings.
"This relieved us somehow. We are very sad at the moment. Our church is heavily damaged and it has become unusable," he added.
The devastating Feb. 6 earthquakes have claimed more than 44,300 lives in Türkiye's southern region.
The magnitude 7.7 and 7.6 quakes, centered in Kahramanmaraş province, have impacted some 13 million people across 11 provinces, including Adana, Adıyaman, Diyarbakır, Gaziantep, Hatay, Kilis, Malatya, Osmaniye, Elazığ and Şanlıurfa.
