Monastic heart of Tur Abdin Other names: Deyrulumur, Kartmin/Qartmin By far the most important monastery in the Tur Abdin lies 18 kilometers east…
A fortified church From a distance the four circular towers of the Syrian Orthodox Church of Mor Hadbashabo at Gülgöze in the Tur Abdin…
“A culturally barren and financially impoverished mono-ethnic megalopolis.” Recognise that description? Well, believe it or not that is how William Dalrymple described Istanbul,…