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‘Sarı’s death is reminiscent of systematic attacks on Syriac community in 1990s’

FEDERATION OF SYRIAC ASSOCIATIONS

‘Sarı’s death is reminiscent of systematic attacks on Syriac community in 1990s’

The SÜDEF has released a statement about Gevriye Sarı, who was killed in Mardin’s Nusaybin on August 8. The Federation has raised concerns that his death is reminiscent of the previous systematic and premeditated attacks on Syriac people.

Hurmüz Diril missing for 531 days: 3 people detained

Hurmüz Diril missing for 531 days: 3 people detained

Şırnak Bar Association Chair Rojhat Dilsiz has said that no progress was made in the investigation into the disappearance of Hurmüz Diril till yesterday, announcing that a detention warrant has been issued against three people.

‘What happened to enforced disappeared Syriac people?’

‘What happened to enforced disappeared Syriac people?’

Syriac MP Tuma Çelik has asked the fate and whereabouts of the enforced disappeared Syriac people since the 1990s. Raising concerns about the unsolved murders as well, he has noted that the fate and whereabouts of Hurmüz Diril is still unknown.

‘Solve the unidentified murders of Syriac people in the 1990s’

EUROPEAN SYRIAC UNION

‘Solve the unidentified murders of Syriac people in the 1990s’

In a statement released by the ESU amid the debates on Sedat Peker’s statements, it has been underlined that the murders of 60 Syriac people in the Turabdin region have not yet been cleared up.

‘We demand freedom for priest Aho Bileçen’

PETITION

‘We demand freedom for priest Aho Bileçen’

A petition has been launched for priest Bileçen, who has been sentenced to prison: “We demand that the government drop all charges against the monk, who only acted according to his values and gave bread and water to those who asked for it.”

Mor Yakup Church priest Aho Bileçen sentenced to prison

Mor Yakup Church priest Aho Bileçen sentenced to prison

Aho (Sefer) Bileçen, the priest of Mor Yakup Church in Mardin who gave food to two members of the organization coming to the monastery in 2018, has been sentenced to 2 years, 1 month in prison.

‘People uneasy about using their mother language in public transport’

‘People uneasy about using their mother language in public transport’

Ahead of the International Mother Language Day on February 21, Diyarbakır-based Socio-Political Field Research Center has conducted a study shedding light on how frequently people speak in their mother languages in public.

17 February 2021

Website of Syriac Intangible Heritage Now Online

Website of Syriac Intangible Heritage Now Online

The main purpose of the project is safeguarding the intangible values through the documentation and dissemination of the information on the cultural practices of the Syriac community in the Mardin region and assessing the related risks within this context.

Chaldean Couple Kidnapped by Those Leaning on the State, Says HDP MP Tuma Çelik

Chaldean Couple Kidnapped by Those Leaning on the State, Says HDP MP Tuma Çelik

HDP’s Syriac MP Çelik has prepared a report on Diril couple, who got missing in Şırnak. “Turkey has a criminal record in terms of missing persons, disappearances and unidentified murders. The recent incidents remind us of the 90s,” he says.

20 May 2020 Ruken Tuncel

HDP: Bilingual Parliamentary Questions Returned Without Being Processed

INTERNATIONAL MOTHER LANGUAGE DAY

HDP: Bilingual Parliamentary Questions Returned Without Being Processed

HDP has announced that the bilingual Parliamentary questions and inquiries submitted by its 22 MPs in mother languages on the occasion of International Mother Language Day have been returned to the MPs without being processed.

21 February 2020

Confidentiality Order on File of Missing Syriac Couple in Şırnak

Confidentiality Order on File of Missing Syriac Couple in Şırnak

Syriac couple Hurmuz and Şimoni Diril have been missing in Şırnak since January 11. Speaking to bianet, HDP MP Tuma Çelik has indicated that a confidentiality has been imposed on the file by the prosecutor's office.

17 January 2020 Ruken Tuncel

Sunday Service Not Held in Mor Yakup Church For the First Time in 7 Years

PRIEST AHO BİLEÇEN ARRESTED

Sunday Service Not Held in Mor Yakup Church For the First Time in 7 Years

Aho Bileçen, the priest of Mor Yakup Church in Mardin, was arrested on January 10 on charge of “aiding and abetting a terrorist organization”.

13 January 2020

Syriac Inscriptions Discovered in Rock-Cut Tomb in Diyarbakır

Syriac Inscriptions Discovered in Rock-Cut Tomb in Diyarbakır

Two Syriac inscriptions have been found in a rock-cut tomb in Bahçeköy as part of surface research conducted to identify the cultural heritage in Silvan, Diyarbakır.

16 December 2019

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

University to Offer Hebrew and Syriac Courses in Mardin

University to Offer Hebrew and Syriac Courses in Mardin

The Department of Living Languages in Mardin Artuklu University is set to launch two courses to teach Hebrew and Syriac. Assistant Prof. Mehmet Sait Toprak said their aim was to train researchers who could conduct scientific studies in their own languages.

31 August 2012 Nilay Vardar