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TUR ABDIN, Turkey — Under the slogan ‘Syriacs Are Not Without Support’, six Syriac institutions in Europe issued a joint statement condemning the crimes and violations committed against the Syriac (Aramean–Assyrian–Chaldean) people in Tur Abdin in southeastern Turkey. The institutions called on regional powers to stand by the Syriac people…

ANKARA / DAMASCUS — Confirming reports from several days ago, a Turkish official stated that a meeting will soon bring together Turkish Intelligence Chief Hakan Vidan together with his Syrian counterpart, Ali Mamlouk, to discuss a number of outstanding issues between the two countries. Following a meeting in Moscow last…

ORHOY, Turkey — Turkish media have reported a horrific crime took place in the city of Orhoy (Urfa), Turkey, against a 13-year-old Syrian girl named Amara at the hands of her father Mohammed who tortured and burned her to death for refusing an arranged marriage. According to Al-Jisr Turk, the…

@gazetesabro – The Istanbul Pogrom of 6–7 September 1955 was perhaps the most violent event in a long history of persecution, racism, and hate against indigenous peoples in 20th century Turkish society since genocides of the regions minorities in 1915. On 6–7 September, Rum-Greeks, Armenians, Jews, and Syriacs in Istanbul…

BERLIN / ANKARA — On Thursday, the German authorities imposed economic sanctions on Ziraat Bank, Turkey’s largest and state-owned bank. According to an announcement on the Federal Financial Services Authority (BaFin) official website, the measures come after an intensive supervision process. Ziraat Bank has seven branches in Germany. Several decisions…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — As tensions in the eastern Mediterranean increase due to repeated trespassing into Greek waters by Turkey in search of energy sources, Chairman of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Bob Menendez (D-NJ) stated following a meeting with Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias that Turkish President Recep Tayyip…

ISTANBUL — Professors, students, and staff at Boğaziçi-Bosporus University in Istanbul, Turkey, organized protests against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s decision to appoint Professor Dr. Naci İnci as university president to succeed former president Melih Bulu, stressing that they would not accept İnci’s appointment. The demonstrators demanded İnci resign immediately, saying…

ANKARA / VAN, Turkey — The Turkish Housing Corporation (TOKI) has built houses within the Armenian Catholic cemeteries in the cities of Ankara and Van. Member of Turkish Parliament for the Peoples’ Democratic Party (Halkların Demokratik Partisi, HDP) Garo Paylan accused the Turkish authorities of deliberately vandalizing the Armenian Catholic…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — This week, the American Friends of Kurdistan (AFK), the Hellenic American Leadership Council (HALC), In Defense of Christians (IDC), the Middle East Forum (MEF), and the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) called on the U.S. State Department to formally list the Turkish Grey Wolves movement as…

TEL TAMR, Syria — Hundreds of people protested in a sit-in in front of the Martyrs’ Families Council in the town of Tel Tamr in North and East Syria on Thursday to demonstrate against Turkey’s continued aggression in the Syria and Iraq. Turkey has conducted repeated and intense bombardment of…