The Surp Kevork Armenian Church was built in the Fevzipaşa neighborhood in 1669 after 83 Armenian families arrived in Çanakkale from Iran. The church, destroyed in 1691, was rebuilt in 1873 by order of Sultan Abdulaziz.
The building, which was inactive due to the immigration of the Armenian population in Çanakkale, opened as the Çanakkale Archeology Museum in 1934 and served as a museum until 1984. It was restored by the Ministry of Culture in 1984 and opened as the Namık Kemal Theater Hall.