Recent reports from Turkish news outlets indicate a staggering surge in housing prices across Mardin province, with one historic center standing out above the rest: Midyat.
Significant steps were taken earlier this year regarding the future for Assyrians in Turkey's Tur Abdin region as two Turkish ministers agreed to form special commissions to look into Assyrian land and property issues.
No community can build a sustainable future on uncertain legal grounds and there can be no meaningful return without secure property rights, writes Assyrian-Swedish lawyer Ilhan Aydin regarding the vast Assyrian lands shifted into state ownership in southeastern Türkiye's Assyrian region.
Midyat Municipality has launched a new phase in its preservation efforts, demolishing unauthorized additions to historic buildings and restoring building facades in the ancient Assyrian quarter.
Several Assyrian religious centers in Tur Abdin are being evaluated for inclusion to UNESCO’s World Heritage List. It is potentially both a blessing and a curse, some warn.
