Christians in Turkey – A Nun Returns to Her Ancestral Home

Source:Deutsche Welle Date:16Dec2023

A rarely told story in the great tragedy of Turkey kicking out her non-Moslem minorities. We know a lot about how Armeninans were forced inot exile, Greeks were forced to leave after 1967 riots and Jews wnet to Israle silently.  This is the story of Syriacs

Syriac Orthodox Christians in Turkey are believed to have been one of the earliest Christian communities. Over the centuries, the group – with its own customs and language – came under repeated attacks in a predominantly Muslim region. Most decided to flee.

Around 300,000 Syriac Orthodox Christians now live outside Turkey, primarily in Europe and the United States. Almost half of the diaspora has found a new home in Germany, like the Dogan family. Several years ago, Sister Hatune resolved to return to her home village of İzbırak to fulfill a promise to her dying father and renovate the old family home. She is determined to breathe new life into the village.