A few days ago, one of the Turkish journalists who came to Yerevan at the invitation of the Armenian government to interview Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and stayed for three days—Idris Arikan, a correspondent for CNN Turk—prepared a report from Yerevan.

Axar.az informs the report has sparked a strong reaction from Armenian social media users.

While in various locations around Yerevan, Idris Arikan stated that the city is an ancient Turkish land.

"The Turkish name for Yerevan is Revan," the journalist noted.

Arikan's statement in front of the ancient Blue Mosque in Yerevan also upset the Armenians.

"This is the only mosque remaining in Yerevan. The mosque was built in the 1700s (1766 – editor's note) during the reign of the Erivan Khan, Hussein Ali Khan. Initially, the mosque was named after Hussein Ali, but later it was renamed the Blue Mosque. In fact, there were eight mosques in Yerevan. At that time, Azerbaijani Turks also lived here. During the 1990s, in the course of the Karabakh War, the Turkish population here was forcibly expelled, and all the mosques were shut down one by one. Only this mosque remains. However, it cannot be said that this mosque is in use. It is only open from 10-13 and 13-15," the reporter noted.