On the trail of the elusive Christian Assyrians: travels in Tur Abdin
Last autumn, I took my parents on a drive from Ganzantiep in the south of Turkey to Kars in the north east. It is a culturally rich area of the world with ruins of countless civilisations, from pre-Pottery Neolithic to Ottoman. One area and its people stand out in my memory, however: the Assyrians. I The post On the trail of the elusive Christian Assyrians: travels in Tur Abdin first appeared on Catholic Herald. The post On the trail of the elusive Christian Assyrians: travels in Tur Abdin appeared first on Catholic Herald.
Last autumn, I took my parents on a drive from Ganzantiep in the south of Turkey to Kars in the north east. It is a culturally rich area of the world with ruins of countless civilisations, from pre-Pottery Neolithic to Ottoman. One area and its people stand out in my memory, however: the Assyrians. I
The post On the trail of the elusive Christian Assyrians: travels in Tur Abdin first appeared on Catholic Herald.
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