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Turkey Uncensored: The Fate of Assyrian Christian Churches and Monasteries
By Uzay Bulut
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The Turkish government has recently seized numerous properties belonging to Assyrian (Syriac) Christians - such as churches, monasteries and cemeteries - and transferred them to public institutions. On June 23, the Armenian-Turkish newspaper Agos reported,
Inquiries by the Mor Gabriel Monastery Foundation revealed that dozens of churches and monasteries have been transferred to the Treasury first and then allocated to the Presidency for Religious Affairs, known as the Diyanet, in Turkish. And the cemeteries have been transferred to the Metropolitan Municipality of Mardin
Kuryakos Erg



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