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91-year-old Syriac man fatally shot at Mardin home

91-year-old Syriac man fatally shot at Mardin home

“There are efforts to frighten, intimidate, and drive away the Syriacs,” says George Aslan, a Syriac member of the HEDEP.

8 November 2023 Bedri Adanır

Sayfo Massacre anniversary: 'Syriacs and Assyrians face the erasure of their identity'

Sayfo Massacre anniversary: 'Syriacs and Assyrians face the erasure of their identity'

The discriminatory, racist, and genocidal policies from the late Ottoman Empire persist until the present day, says European Syriac Union member Elber Shleymun Rhawi.

14 June 2023 Nedim Türfent

Excavation for parking garage construction on Syriac monastery premises in Mardin

Excavation for parking garage construction on Syriac monastery premises in Mardin

Historical places belonging to minorities are faced with "destruction policies," says HDP deputy Garo Paylan.

Alewi Discrimination Prominent in US Report

Alewi Discrimination Prominent in US Report

In Turkey section of International Religious Freedom report by the U.S., discrimination against Alewis and hate speech against Jews emphasized.

22 October 2015

Bethnahrin Women Protection Forces Founded against ISIS

Bethnahrin Women Protection Forces Founded against ISIS

Syriac women founded Bethnahrin Women Protection Forces against ISIS.

2 September 2015

Turkey’s Assyrians Condemn ISIS Attack

Turkey’s Assyrians Condemn ISIS Attack

Turkey’s Assyrians protested the ISIS campaign to capture villages along with Khabur River in Syria, a military action initiated in mid-February.

Assyrian Village Name Returned For 1st Time in Turkey

Assyrian Village Name Returned For 1st Time in Turkey

The name of Alagöz neighborhood in the southeastern district of Midyat has been changed back to Bethkustan - a first time that an Assyrian village name has been returned.

12 February 2015 Nilay Vardar

New Syriac Church on Istanbul’s Agenda

New Syriac Church on Istanbul’s Agenda

PM Davutoğlu had a meeting with Turkey’s Christian and Jewish minority representatives, announcing that the state will allocated land for the construction of an Syriac church in Istanbul.

First Assyrian Women’s Center Opens in Midyat District

First Assyrian Women’s Center Opens in Midyat District

An Assyrian Women’s Center was opened for the first time in Midyat district. In addition, a new magazine called "Neshe" (Women) to be published trimonthly in Assyrian and Turkish is out.

21 July 2014 Nilay Vardar

Assyrians Observe Easter in Unrest

Assyrians Observe Easter in Unrest

On Sunday Turkey's Assyrians observed the Easter in Mardin province with a sense of unrest due to the abduction of Pavlo Yazıcı and Yuhhana Ibrahim - two Orthodox metropolitans in Syria who vanished on April 23.

6 May 2013 Nilay Vardar

Turkey Pledges to Help Syria's Assyrians

Turkey Pledges to Help Syria's Assyrians

AKP Interim Chairperson Numan Kurtulmuş received representatives from Turkey's major Assyrian Christian associations on the matter of improving the living conditions of roughly 400 Assyrian Christians who fled from the civil war in Syria.

25 February 2013 Mehmet Halis Iş

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Assyrian Monastery Saves Its Land At Court

Deyrulumur monastery overturns a land survey decision which expanded neighboring villages' land in favor of its own.

Democratic Society Party Deputy Apologizes To The Assyrians

Democratic Society Party Deputy Apologizes To The Assyrians

Ahmet Türk, co-chairperson of the Democratic Society Party (DTP), apologized to the Assyrians during his visit to the Assyrian Cultural Association at Midyat in the province of Mardin.