Elder Syriac Christians seat together after mass outside the church. Midyat, Southeastern Anatolia, Turkey

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Elder Syriac Christians seat together after mass outside the church. 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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