TUR ABDIN

SALEH, Turkey — At the age of 90, Atiya Duran, the last Syriac (Aramean–Assyrian–Chaldean) resident in the village of Saleh in Tur Abdin, southeast Turkey, passed away. Duran was born in 1931 in the village of Sha’ban, adjacent to the city of Nsibin (Nusaybin). Atiya was born to Elias and…

TUR ABDIN, Turkey – Eight heritage churches and monasteries of the ancient Syriac region of Tur Abdin in southeastern Turkey have been nominated by Turkey for UNESCO’s Tentative List, reports pro-government newspaper Daily Sabah. With the addition of these Syriac churches and monasteries and the nomination of the historical town…

MERDO / TUR ABDIN, southeast Turkey — Yusef Yar, a member of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) and the duly elected mayor of Arkah village in Tur Abdin in southeast Turkey who was controversially removed from office by Turkish authorities last year, stated in a recent interview that a…

This article was originally published by Al-Monitor on 19 April 2020. The original can be found here. By Ayla Jean Jackley freelance journalist based in Istanbul MIDYAT, Turkey — The lone priest tending a remote monastery in southeastern Turkey gave uninvited visitors food and water when they darkened his door…

MIDYAT, TUR ABDIN, Turkey – U.S. ambassador to Turkey David M. Satterfield visited the ancient Mor Gabriel monastery in Tur Abdin, southeastern Turkey. The high visit comes against the backdrop of the judicial conviction of Syriac monk Sefer “Aho” Beliçen of the Mor Jacob monastery in Tur Izlo, also in…

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This article was originally published by BIANET English on 1 April 2021. The original can be found here. İstanbul – BIA News Desk – The municipality of the southeastern Mardin province is carrying out excavation work on the premises of a monastery belonging to the Mardin Syriac Catholic Church, according…

ANKARA — An open letter signed by 37 Syriac (Aramean–Assyrian–Chaldean) institutions and organizations and sent to government offices and international media outlets called on the Turkish Ministry of Justice to conduct a transparent and public investigation into the kidnapping and suspected murder of Hurmüz (70) and Shmuni Diril (65). Having…

This article was originally published by AINA News on 11 November 2020. The original can be found here. By Abdulmesih BarAbraham Hakkari, Turkey (AINA) — The EU and Turkish Journalists Society sponsored a 40-minutes documentary capturing and documenting the remains of Assyrian churches in the region. Until the mid-1920s, Assyrian…

HAKKARI — The Journalists Union in Turkey, in cooperation with journalists from the European Union, is currently working on a 40-minute documentary about the remaining ancient Syriac churches in Hakkari, southeast Turkey. The film production, which has been ongoing for two months now, is part of the Turkish Journalists Union…