Father Ishak Ergün leaves the church after mass. Midyat, Southeastern Anatolia, Turkey

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Father Ishak Ergün leaves the church after mass. In the 60´ there still were some 130,000 Syriacs in Tur Abdin. Today, they are only 3,000. The wounded community sets its hope in the help of the European Union. Midyat, Southeastern Anatolia, Turkey

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Location: Midyat, Southeastern Anatolia, Turkey
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