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# Turkey’s Assyrians are here to stay
- URL: https://www.assyriapost.com/turkeys-assyrians-are-here-to-stay/
- Published: 2026-01-16T21:38:04.000Z
- Updated: 2026-01-16T21:56:06.000Z
- Description: Stephen Griffith, a former Anglican Chaplain in Damascus, returns to Tur Abdin and finds the Assyrian community thriving again.
- Author: The Assyria Post
- Tags: Curated stories

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"Today, Midyat is a bustling, thriving hub. Turks from across the country visit the area: cafés, restaurants, hotels, and businesses flourish. Mardin, the gorgeous regional capital, where Arabic, Syriac, Kurdish, and some Turkish are heard in the shops, has astonishing cuisine, romantic lanes, and magnificent architecture. In its university, the ancient Christian Syriac language is taught (until recently, it was banned.)"

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[Turkey’s Christians are here to stayStephen Griffith returns to Tur Abdin and finds the Christian community thriving again![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/5d/f5/5df5a6c1-1f57-4975-951e-ddd33d31dec7/content/images/icon/apple-icon-180x180.png)Saturday 15 November 202514 November 2025![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/5d/f5/5df5a6c1-1f57-4975-951e-ddd33d31dec7/content/images/thumbnail/moragwen-20251110131745061_web.jpg)](https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2025/14-november/comment/opinion/turkey-s-christians-are-here-to-stay?ref=assyriapost.com)