TUR ABDIN

TUR ABDIN, Turkey — The Solidarity Table for Tur Abdin consisting of four Syriac civil organizations of the Syriac people in Europe issued a statement of solidarity with the victims of the earthquake in Turkey and Syria, and extended condolences to the families of the victims of the devastating natural…

MIDYAT, Tur Abdin — Today, the SyriacCross Organization for Relief and Development sent the first truckload of blankets and jackets toward the earthquake disaster area in Hatay Province. The clothes are intended for the severely damaged city of Samandağ, where there is a large Christian community. The relief supplies were…

ARBO, TUR ABDIN, Turkey — Aiming to revive his homeland of Tur Abdin in Beth Nahrin (Mesopotamia), Syriac Orthodox priest Shamoun Bagandi and his family from Germany plan to return to his native village of Arbo (Turkish: Taşköy or ‘Village of Stones’). In a video posted on social media by…

ANKARA / MARDIN – The Turkish national housing agency TOKI, Toplu Konut İdaresi Başkanlığı in Turkish, is rapidly building houses for the Turkish population. Hundreds of thousands of new homes will be built in the coming five years under a state-run home ownership program. To be able to achieve these…

BETH NAHLE (ANHEL), Tur’ Abdin / Turkey – The village of Anhel in southeastern Turkey has a first. Turkish regional authorities of Mardin province have started construction of a sewerage system in the largest Syriac village in the Midyat district, Syriac member of the Turkish parliament, Tuma Çelik, reports on…

By Denho Bar Mourad-Özmen, Journalist and Moderator at Suroyo TV  Shahro d-Elath   ܫܗܪܐ  ܕ ܐܠܐܬ (Elath Veneration Day) Two kilometers southwest of the Mhalmoyto village of Dayro Zbino (Acirli), just below the main road that runs from Midyat to Mardin, is the famous underground city of Elath. The town is…

TUR ‘ABDIN — The United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) has included the Syriac village of Hah in the historic Tur ‘Abdin region in southeastern Turkey on its list of “Best Tourism Villages — Upgrade Programme“ for the year 2022. This year’s version of the annual list published by the Madrid–based…

OMID, Turkey — The Turkish authorities continue their crimes against the Syriac (Aramean-Chaldean-Assyrian) people, in attempts to obliterate the features of their civilization and history in Beth Nahrin (Mesopotamia), including the historical Hevsel Gardens , located between the historical city walls of Sur and the riverbeds of the Tigris in…

JÖNKÖPING, Sweden – The Syriac diaspora of the village of Habses has announced this month its intention to fully restore the centuries old Syriac Orthodox Saint Simon of the Olives Church and the Saint Lo’ozor (Lazarus) Monastery in their village in the Mhalmoyto Region, southeast Turkey. In a post on…

TUR ‘ABDIN, Turkey — The Syriac Women’s Association (SURKADIM) held several Christmas events for children in Midyat and villages in the Syriac homeland of Tur ‘Abdin, southeast Turkey, over the weekend. The main celebration was held in Midyat with smaller ones in neighboring villages. On Sunday, dozens of Syriac children, along with…