ISTANBUL - Hürriyet Daily News / Vercihan ZiflioğluSyriac communities outside Turkey have reacted against recent remarks by EU Minister Egemen Bağış apparently denigrating the value of the Mor Gabriel Monastery.…
Interiew with Mr. Evgil Turker Persecuted by Assad, threatened by Jihadists, and fleeing the war that is raging in the country: this is the sad fate of Syriac Christians, a…
An Israeli soldier walk past a sign pointing out distances to Jerusalem and Beirut at the Rosh Hanikra border crossing with Lebanon, in northern Israel May 5, 2013.U.N. Secretary-General Ban…
The Uprising in Syria which started on March 2011 continues constantly. The regime of Assad tries all means to stop and crash this uprising. Thus, the country had turned into…
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…
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…
“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…
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…
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,…
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…