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Sibel Hurtas

Sibel Hurtas

Oca 16, 2019

A Christian worshipper lights candles following a mass on Christmas at the Virgin Mary Syriac Orthodox Church in Diyarbakir, Turkey, December 25, 2017. REUTERS/Sertac Kayar - RC11AF1EE450

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Are Turkey’s Christians as 'fine' as they say?

Fehim Tastekin

In Paris, reporting on Turkish politics

Syriac Christian monks attend a service at the ancient monastery of Mor Gabriel, 15 km (9 miles) away from the town of Midyat, in Mardin province of southeast Turkey January 13, 2009. Tucked amid rugged hills where mosques and minarets are silhouetted in the distance, the fifth century Mor Gabriel monastery stands out as a relic of another era when hundreds of thousands of Syriac Christians lived and worshipped in Turkey. But a land dispute between Mor Gabriel and neighbouring villages is threatening the mo

Turkey’s oldest indigenous culture fears extinction

Ayla Jean Yackley

Ayla Jean Yackley

Syriac Christians from Turkey and Syria attend a mass at the Mort Shmuni Syriac Orthodox Church in the town of Midyat, in Mardin province of southeast Turkey February 2, 2014. Despite the empty streets of Midyat, the historical Mort Shmuni Syriac Orthodox Church is overcrowded with a community of three hundred people, mostly children. For longer than two years, not only the native Turkish Christian citizens of Midyat, but also the Syriac families escaping the bloody war in Syria just across the border are j

Turkey allows building of first new church in a century

Mustafa Akyol

Syriacs mark Easter in Turkey amid safety fears

Ayla Jean Yackley

Ayla Jean Yackley