In the Tur Abdin area southeast of Midyat lies the village of Güngören which is dominated by the huge restored Syrian Orthodox (Suryani)…
The small and picturesque village of İzbırak, in the Tur Abdin northeast of Midyat off the road to Dargeçit, is dominated by the…
Old Yezidi village South of Midyat in southeast Turkey, the virtually abandoned village of Bacın was once home to a population of Yezidis,…
Monastic heart of Tur Abdin Other names: Deyrulumur, Kartmin/Qartmin By far the most important monastery in the Tur Abdin lies 18 kilometers east…
“With a Lentil” Population: around 300 Other names: Habsus, Habsnas) The pretty stone-built village of Mercimekli lies…
A fortified church From a distance the four circular towers of the Syrian Orthodox Church of Mor Hadbashabo at Gülgöze in the Tur Abdin…
Tur Abdin’s original bishopric Old name: Hah (Suryani) For visitors to the Tur Abdin near Midyat one of the best starting points for exploration has…
“Mountain of the Servants” Imagine a landscape of narrow country roads hemmed in by drystone walls. Imagine village after honey-coloured village, each…
In Dead of Night, the fourteenth in her series of crime novels featuring Inspector Çetin İkmen, Barbara Nadel sends her chain-smoking, middle-aged policeman…
It’s not easy to be a travel writer when at heart you’re rather an earnest person. Travel is, after all, an essentially frivolous…