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	Britain.tv Wikipedia - Tur Abdin
		Tur Abdin is a hilly region of south east Turkey incorporating the eastern half of Mardin Province, and Sirnak Province west of the Tigris, on the border with Syria.
		Tur Abdin is of great importance to Syriac Orthodox Christians, for whom the region used to be a monastic and cultural heartland.
		The most important Syriac Orthodox centre in Tur Abdin is the monastery of Dayro d-Mor Hananyo, 6 km south east of Mardin, in the west of the region.
	www.britain.tv /wikipedia.php?title=Tur_Abdin (649 words)

	Rev. Stephen Griffith: A Summary of Visits to SE Turkey, 1997-99
		The area around Tur Abdin is the ancient heartland of the Syrian Orthodox Christians, and over the last century has seen a dramatic depletion in the number of Christians.
		The Bishop of Tur Abdin, resident at Mor Gabriel had applied for permission for the building work to continue, and plans have been presented to the Ministry, but to the end of 1998 the meeting to approve (postponed many times) had not been held.
		Tur Abdin is Syriac for "the mountain of the servants of God." It is centred on Midyat.
	sor.cua.edu /Pub/StephenGriffith/VisitSETurkeySum1999.html (5599 words)

	Tur Abdin
		Through the dark mists of the unremembered past, various peoples settled and warred in Tur Abdin, but the land betrays its ancient bond with the Syriac speaking peoples by the etymology of her place names.
		The Syrians of Tur Abdin were quick to build churches and monasteries throughout the area, according to their own traditions and religious canons.
		With the entrance of Islam into the Tur Abdin, difficulties for the residents of the Region increased.
	www.beth-kustan.com /turabdin2.html (801 words)

	Tur Abdin - Vehipedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The name 'Tur Abdin' is from the Syriac (ܛܘܪ ܥܒܕܝܢ;), meaning 'mountain of the servants (of God)'.
		The people of Tur Abdin call themselves Suryoye, 'Syrians' or 'Syriacs', or Turoye, 'mountain-folk', and traditionally speak the Turoyo language.
		In the centre of Tur Abdin, halfway between Midyat and Cizre, is Dayro d'Mor Gabriel.
	www.vehi.net /wiki/index.php?title=Tur_Abdin (521 words)

	By (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Accordingly today, for many peoples Tur ‘Abdin is renowned primarily for its numerous ancient churches and monasteries, some of which still function, despite the vicissitudes and ravages of time (not least in the present century).
		Whatever the correct original etymology of its name, Tur ‘Abdin is quintessentially “the mountin of the servants of God”, the home of numerous local saints, after whom many of the monasteries and shurches that have sprung up and flourished at one period or another over the course of sixteen centuries have been named.
		Likewise, Tur ‘Abdin can boast a large number of authers writing in Classical Syriac, though regrettably their works remain largely unpublished and so can only be read in manuscripts.
	www.aramaic-dem.org /English/History_culture/Professor-Sebastian-Brock.htm (698 words)

	Hollerweger: The Living Culture of Tur Abdin
		Since 1995, Friends of Tur Abdin has done yeoman service to the cause of the Syriac Orthodox faith in Tur `Abdin by providing moral support and monetary assistance to various Syriac Orthodox monasteries and communities in Tur `Abdin.
		Tur `Abdin is a place dear to the hearts of the Syriac Orthodox faithful.
		The faith flourished in the mountains of Tur `Abdin since the earliest days of the Christian Church until the beginning of this century.
	sor.cua.edu /Pub/HollerwegerH/Turabdin.html (540 words)

	Touchstone Archives: The Return of the Suriani (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Eleven of us sat at the table, including the archbishop of Tur Abdin, who resides in the monastery, and the Syriac bishop of Mosul, who had made the drive from Iraq that afternoon and was en route to Damascus, stopping here to spend the night.
		Tur Abdin, it seemed, was the one place in the greater Middle East where the ancient Church, rather than shrinking, is expanding.
		Tur Abdin is part of the least-developed region of Turkey, and Christians here will continue to face tremendous economic challenges.
	www.touchstonemag.com /archives/article.php?id=19-02-028-f (2670 words)

	Urhoy - Mother of all the Cities in Mesopotamia
		Whatever the correct original etymology of its name, Tur Abdin is quintessentially "the mountain of the servants of God", the home of numerous local saints, after whom many of the monasteries and churches that have sprung up and flourished at one period or another over the course of sixteen centuries have been named.
		Likewise, Tur Abdin can boast a large number of authors writing in Classical Syriac, though regrettably their works remain largely unpublished and so can only be read in manuscripts.
		Another little-known aspect of the cultural role of Tur Abdin lies in the transmission of texts: over the course of centuries and continuing right up to the present day, innumerable scribes have been at work in the churches and monasteries of Tur Abdin, copying out Syriac liturgical and literary texts.
	www.urhoy.info /tur-abdin.html (700 words)

	Time to End the Fear (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Memories of the massacre of 1.5 million Armenians in Turkey in the early 20th century and the violence unleashed against Greeks in Istanbul in September 1955 are fresh enough to inspire Tur Abdin’s Christians to flee.
		Tur Abdin’s once vital Syriac Christian population of about 80,000 has fallen to about 2,500.
		Yet, to those Syriac Christians who remain in Tur Abdin (Syriac for “Mountain of the Servants of God”), the arid mountainous land between the Tigris River and the Syrian border is their holy land.
	www.aramaic-dem.org /English/History_culture/Time_to_End_the_Fear/1.htm (2127 words)

	Tur Abdin \| THG Lexikon
		Die Türken haben, seitdem sie über den Tur Abdin herrschen, alle Namen in den 1930er-Jahren in türkische Ortsnamen umbenannt.
		Tur Abdin war früher ein rein christliches Gebiet.
		In Mardin, das eigentlich nicht zum Tur Abdin gehört, leben ebenfalls noch Aramäer.
	www.tomshardware.de /lexikon/Tur_Abdin (605 words)

	The Ivy Traveler
		Tur Abdin was part of the ancient Roman province of Antioch.
		The large complex of Mar [Saint] Gabriel, honoring the archangel, is one of the oldest surviving monasteries in the region, built in 512 C.E. by the Byzantine emperor Anastasius.
		Tur Abdin is one of the world’s last holy and enchanted mountains.
	www.ivytraveler.com /features05.html (2126 words)

	United Nations High Commission for Human Rights (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		As outlined in the Hidden Pearl, Tur Abdin is the heartland of the Syriac Aramean Christians of Mesopotamia.
		Tur Abdin and its people have always been the target of the wrath and hatred of the Ottoman Empire.
		This occurrence has affected the Syriac Aramean Christians of Tur Abdin on two fronts; the forced change in family names from the original Syriac into Turkish, and the changing of city, town and village names from the original Syriac into Turkish.
	members.home.nl /midyad/articles/lausanne_un.htm (1786 words)

	Tur Abdin
		Die haben seit dem sie über den Tur herrschen alle Namen in den 1930er zu türkischen Ortsnamen umbenannt.
		In Mardin eigentlich nicht zum Tur Abdin gehört leben noch Aramäer.
		Die bewohnten Klöster sind Mor in der der Bischof vom Tur Abdin Mor Malke Mor Yakob in Salah Mutter-Gottes Hah Mor Hananyo oder Dayr Za'faran.
	www.uni-protokolle.de /Lexikon/Tur_Abdin.html (263 words)

	Tur Abdin biography .ms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Tur Abdin (south east of Turkey) is the homeland of the Aramaean.
		There are in Tur Abdin the first churchs and monasteries of the Christianity.
		The centre of the Aramaeans of Tur Abdin is today the Monastery of Mor Gabriel (397 AD).
	tur-abdin.biography.ms (130 words)

	Turkey's Christian Minority Communities
		The spiritual centre of the Syro-Kadim is Tur Abdin, an area set in a panorama conducive to contemplation and full of legend.
		But Tur Abdin, also called "the Mountain of the Servants of God" or "Mount Athos of the Syrian Orthodox", is above all famous for the presence of monasteries which could be mistaken for rocky spurs were they not distinguished by an architectural style that is closer to Assyrian Babylonian temples than Christian basilicas.
		This is why the monks of Tur Abdin and the Syro-Kadim who have emigrated from their own region are determined not to let it die out.
	www.ewtn.com /library/CHRIST/ORTURKEY.HTM (1645 words)

	Noturo.com Syriansk / Arameiska informationsportal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		After the martyrdom of Apostle Peter, he was succeeded by St. Euodius and St. Ignatius Noorono as shepherds of the flock in Antioch and in the writings of St. Ignatius we find the evolution of the ecclesiastical order of bishops-ordained...
		Unlike the Coptic Orthodox Church, which is centred on the churches and monasteries in one country, the historic homeland of the Syriac Orthodox Church is divided among four sovereign states: Syria, Turkey, Lebanon and Iraq.
		Tur Abdin, the high plateau bounded on the...
	www.noturo.com /default.aspx?id=11&modid=bethArke (449 words)

	Noturo.com Syriansk / Arameiska informationsportal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		He comes from the fertile and wealthy village of Midun in the very heart of the Tur Abdin Plateau, where his journalism is not of much use to him.
		He is torn between living a secure life in Sweden and his deep love for his family's land and his spiritual heritage, in which Christians still pray in the language of the apostles.
		Most of the Christians who fled from Tur Abdin went to Germany and Sweden, where the children quickly lose their eastern Christian ways and often find themselves the butt of racist attacks against 'Turks'.
	www.noturo.com /default.aspx?node=&modID=readnews&aid=267 (760 words)

	Tur Abdin, Heimat der Syrisch-Orthodoxen Christen
		Im Gebiet des Tur Abdin in der Südosttürkei folgten in den Jahren 1926 bis 1928 weitere Massenexekutionen und Vertreibungen an Christen.
		Den Namen TUR ABDIN ("Berg der Knechte Gottes") erhielt das Land von den ca.
		Aufgrund dieser massiven Repressalien fehlen in den Siedlungsgebieten des Tur Abdin Priester, Lehrer und Ärzte.
	suryoye.com /archive/lexikon/themen/tur-abdin/tur-abdin.htm (799 words)

	ZENDA July 6, 1998
		Tur Abdin thus became the center of Syrian Orthodox Church and remained so until the Twentieth Century.
		The denotation "Tur Abdin" is used to refer to a great number of the monasteries built there and the monks who lived in them.
		The current archbishop of the diocese of Tur Abdin is Timotheos Samuel Aktas.
	www.zindamagazine.com /html/archives/1998/july6_1998.htm (2672 words)

	Gouden Hoorn 5,2: Gabriel Rabo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Anschließend wurde ein historischer Dokumentarfilm über Tur 'Abdin und Syrien gezeigt, der in den sechziger und siebziger Jahren von Anschütz und Harb für das deutsche Fernsehen gedreht wurde.
		Sie filmt und schreibt über den Tur 'Abdin und macht damit in der deutschen Öffentlichkeit auf die Verfolgung der Syrer aufmerksam.
		Durch den sogenannten Sozialfonds, der von den Organisationen Freunde des Tur 'Abdin und Solidaritätsgruppe Tur 'Abdin gegründet wurde, werden schwache syrische Familien in Notfällen unterstützt.
	www.isidore-of-seville.com /goudenhoorn/52gabriel.html (1807 words)

	Beth Qustan
		It is one of the famous villages in Tur Abdin and is inhabited exclusively by syriac-aramaic Christians.
		Since the entrance of Islam into Tur Abdin, the land and people of this village have been shaped by the weighty troubles of war and slavery.
		Many of them left their heart in Tur Abdin and will have to cope elsewhere with feelings of nostalgia and bitterness.
	turabdin.beth-kustan.com /english/html/beth_qustan.html (778 words)

	Beth Kustan
		In Bezug auf die allgemeine Geschichte des Christentums kommt dem Tur Abdin eine große Bedeutung zu.
		Die Syrer des Tur Abdin bauten ihrer Tradition gemäß in der ganzen Gegend Kirchen und Klöster.
		Mit dem Eindringen des Islam in den Tur Abdin nahmen die Schwierigkeiten für die Bewohner zu.
	www.beth-kustan.com /4670.html (707 words)

	Tur-Abdin
		Ob vorchristlich oder christlich, der Tur Abdin nimmt in der ursprünglichen syrischen Kultur einen breiten Raum ein.
		Sollte der Tur Abdin mit seinen tief verwurzelten kulturellen und geschichtlichen Schätzen der Vergessenheit anheimfallen, wie andere syrische Kulturregionen, wird es ein schmerzlicher Verlust für das Christentum im allgemeinen, aber besonders für die syrische Kultur sein.
		Die Landschaft des Tur Abdin mit seiner dramatischen Geschichte voller Wolken, dunklen Schatten und hellem Licht fordert uns zu einer Antwort heraus.
	www.beth-kustan.org /mainfrm/tur-abdin.htm (720 words)

	Tur Abdin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Built from yellow rock, the monastery is affectionately known as Dayro d-Kurkmo in Syriac, Dayr al-Zafaran in Arabic, or Deyrülzafarân in Turkish: the Safron Monastery.
		Most have fled to Syria, Europe (particularly Sweden, Germany and), Australia and the USA.
		The mob was stopped by the police before reaching Midyat.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tur_Abdin (644 words)

	satt.org: SPORT AKTUELL - Kleine Vereine: BFC Tur Abdin Berlin
		Tur Abdin ist ein junger Verein, gegründet Anfang der 80er Jahre von Mitgliedern der aramäischen Gemeinde Berlins.
		Tur Abdin heißt wörtlich übersetzt "Berg der Knechte Gottes".
		Die Spieler haben das Fußball ABC bei größeren Berliner Vereinen gelernt, spielten alle schon in höherklassigen Ligen und versuchen nun, Tur Abdin nach oben zu bringen.
	www.satt.org /freizeit/02_05_kleine-vereine-2_1.html (469 words)

	Tur abdin - ZENDA July 6, 1998 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Tur Abdin people count around 300 000 - 400 000 the area might be dopple size of dohuk
		Thus, when a monk named Moses from the monastery of Mar Gabriel in Tur Abdin called on this monastery in 1413, he found just one remaining Syrian monk.
		For over 3000 years the Tur Abdin region in southern Turkey has been a center Tur Abdin is a mountainous region in south-east Turkey the height of which
	galaxy-dx-2547.siteslinks.com /sil/galaxy-dx-2547-tur-abdin.htm (250 words)

	:: Syriac Universal Alliance :: sua-online.org ::
		Another crucial issue the Syriac Arameans of Tur Abdin are faced with is the prohibition of their blessed Aramaic language.
		On the same idea, today in Tur Abdin, our ancient churches and monasteries are subject to destruction caused by the natural elements, vandalism, and of course, the vices of time.
		While visiting Tur Abdin, a western journalist was told the following by one of our last monks still residing in Tur Abdin, Just make sure you tell the outside world what is happening here.
	www.sua-online.org /index.php?destiny=sub_ge&id=33 (1866 words)

	Tur Abdin Jacobites, Turkey
		It is bordered to the east and north by the Tigris, in the west by the Mazdagi-Curbe and to the south lie the Syrian plains.
		Between the fourth century and the Arabic conquest countless monasteries were established here and the Tur Abdin developed into a center for the Syrian Jacobites.
		The decline began with the Crusaders whose pillaging raids extended into the prosperous villages of Tur Abdin.
	www.planetware.com /turkey/tur-abdin-jacobites-tr-ma-mat.htm (197 words)

	NZZ
		Im Tur Abdin, dem "Berg der Knechte Gottes" in Südostanatolien, hat die Perspektive eines EU-Beitritts der Türkei eine Aufbruchstimmung ausgelöst. Nach Jahrzehnten des Exils in Westeuropa planen christliche Assyrer die Rückkehr in die Heimat.
		Barson Ok flüchtete in den siebziger Jahren in die Bundesrepublik Deutschland, weil damals der Druck der kurdischen Stämme auf die christlichen Restgruppen der Osttürkei gross war und der Staat keinen Schutz bot.
		In der Gegend des Tur Abdin ist Deutsch nun eine Verkehrssprache, die von vielen Türken und Kurden und eben auch von Christen und Yezidi gesprochen wird.
	www.turabdin.org /Pages/NZZ.htm (1660 words)

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