Midyat, Mardin province, Turkey : A priest celebrates mass at a Syriac Orthodox Church in the old town of Mardin. Although now a minority of less than

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Midyat, Mardin province, Turkey : A priest celebrates mass at a Syriac Orthodox Church in the old town of Mardin. Although now a minority of less than 10% of the population, in the 60´ Assyrian Christians still numbered 130,000 in the Tur Abdin region. Today, less than 3,000 remain.

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