TUR ABDIN

MERDO (MARDIN) / TUR ABDIN, southeast Turkey – The trial of Syriac Orthodox monk Sefer (Aho) Bileçen of the Mor Yahqup d-Qarne Monastery is postponed to January 27, 2021. Monk Aho was arrested on January 9, 2020, on charges of “membership of a terrorist organization” but released on parole also…

This article was originally published by ANF News on 30 September 2020. The original can be found Here Mardin – The trial against Sefer (Aho) Bileçen continued on Friday in the province of Mardin. The priest of the Syriac Orthodox Monastery Mor Yakub (also known as the Church of St.…

This article was originally published by AsiaNews.it on 30 September 2020. The original can be found Here Mardin (By Marian Demir for AsiaNews) – The trial of an Assyrian priest, Fr Sefer (Aho) Bileçen, has been postponed to next 3 November. The clergyman stands accused of “terrorism”. Fr Sefer (Aho)…

MIDYAT / MARDIN, Turkey – A delegation of Romanian monks last week visited the ancient Syriac churches and monasteries in the historic Syriac region of Tur Abdin, southeast Turkey. The monks were received by the two incumbent archbishops of the Mor Gabriel Monastery Rev. Samuel Aktaş, and Rev. Saliba Özmen…

MARDIN / TUR ABDIN, Turkey – Multi-cultural and multi-ethnic radio station Alef FM has started broadcasting in Turkey’s southeaster city of Mardin. The new radio station Alef FM has its studios in Mardin city and will broadcast in Kurdish, Arabic, and Syriac in addition to Turkish. Alef FM has as…

ZAZ, Turkey – Fires devoured orchards and agricultural land in the Syriac village of Zaz, in the ancient southeastern Syriac region of Turkey – which Syriacs call Tur Abdin. According to the information our news desk obtained yesterday, strong winds made the fires spread from orchards and agricultural land around…

This report was originally published in August 2016 by the IPC-Sabancı University-Stiftung Mercator Initiative*. Here. The interpretations and conclusions made in this report belong solely to the author and do not reflect IPC’s official position. By Susanne Güsten – A 2014/2015 Mercator-IPC Fellow Contents 1. Introduction 2. The Syriacs 2.1. The…

This article was originally published by The Conversation on 21 November 2019 under a Creative Commons license. The original can be found here. By Ramazan Kılınç, University of Nebraska Omaha Vowing to better protect Christians, Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan told media at the White House recently that Turkey will restore…

MIDYAT / TUR ABDIN, Turkey – After a joint fundraising in June by six Syriac organizations to raise money for fire extinguishers for Syriac villages and monasteries, this Sunday the fire extinguishers arrived in Midyat and were distributed over different villages and monasteries in the Tur Abdin Region of Beth…

TUR ABDIN – Six Syriac organizations held a joint fundraising this Sunday to raise money for fire extinguishers for Syriac villages and monasteries in the Tur Abdin Region of Beth Nahrin – Mesopotamia. Every summer, the Tur Abdin region is plagued by fires devouring farmland, orchards and vineyards of the…