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Le soulèvement qui a commencé en Mars 2011 en Syrie continue sans cesse. Le régime d’Assad utilise tous les moyens pour cesser le soulèvement. Par conséquent, le pays est en…
The Syriac Monastry of Mor Gabriel in Mardin’s Midyat district is seen in this file photo. Hürriyet photo
STATE SPARES 1 MILLION LIRA BUDGET FOR MOR GABRIEL MONASTERY
Midyat Governor’s Office has allocated a budget of 1 million Turkish Liras for the restoration of the road leading to the Syriacs’ Mor Gabriel Monastery, a move viewed by the…
Free Syrian Army fighters outside Maaret al-Numan, November, 2012.
THE UNBEARABLE LIGHTNESS OF SYRIA POLICY
“Arming the rebels — that’s an option.You look at and rethink all options. It doesn’t mean you do or you will. . . . It doesn’t mean that the president…
HOW TO SAVE A DYING LANGUAGE
Geoffrey Khan is racing to document Aramaic, the language of Jesus, before its native speakers vanishBy Ariel Sabar, Smithsonian magazine, February 2013It was a sunny morning in May, and I…
SYRIAC ORTHODOX CHRISTIANS IN TURKEY: ”THIS IS SIMPLY OUR HOME”
In recent years, around 60-100 Syriac Orthodox families have returned from central Europe to Turkey. Encouraged by changes in the political atmosphere, the minority nonetheless faces a host of problems,…
CHRISTIANS SQUEEZED OUT BY VIOLENT STRUGGLE IN NORTH SYRIA
By SUSANNE GÜSTEN MIDYAT, TURKEY — The bright voices of children at play echoed off the ancient walls of Mor Hanonyo last week, breaking centuries of stillness in this 1,600-year-old…
SYRIACS WANT SEPARATE REFUGEE CAMP IN TURKEY
Leading Syriac figures say they met with officials from the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and Foreign Ministry in an effort to establish a separate camp in Mardin for…
EU ‘SERIOUSLY CONCERNED’ ABOUT MOR GABRIEL MONASTERY
The European Union has stated that it is "seriously concerned" about a court decision on the Mor Gabriel Monastery in Mardin.The spokesman for Stefan Füle, the commissioner responsible for the…
AN OUTPOST OF ARAMAIC SPEAKERS; THE BATTLE FOR MOR GABRIEL
WHEN the Young Turks enlisted Kurdish tribesmen to take part in the mass slaughter of the Armenians in 1915, Muslim clerics spurred on their flocks: those who slew Christians would…
LEGAL ISSUES CAST DOUBT ON RETURN OF CHRISTIANS TO TURKEY’S SOUTHEAST
by Dorian Jones Turkey is home to Syriac Christians, whose followers extend across the Middle East. In the 1990s, many Syriac Christians fled Turkey during years of fighting between the…