Monastic heart of Tur Abdin Other names: Deyrulumur, Kartmin/Qartmin By far the most important monastery in the Tur Abdin lies 18 kilometers east…
Noah’s last resting place Population: 134,000 Old names: Bezabde, Jeziret ibn ‘Umar…
Writing about Cizre this week memories from last year came flooding back. Cizre was one of the few towns in Turkey I had…