Armenian singer missing under rubble after Turkey quake

Zilan Tigris, an ethnic Armenian singer living in Diyarbakir (Tigranakert), and her husband Cagdas Cankaya are among those trapped in rubble after Monday’s powerful earthquake in Turkey, Akunq.net reported on Tuesday, citing a Facebook post of Udi Yervant, another Armenian musician from Diyarbakir.

The singer and her spouse have not yet been pulled out from the rubble, the source said.

The Center for the Study of Western Armenian Affairs expresses hope that they will be found alive.