Population: 5,000 Other name: Kercews (Kurdish) Favourite son: Mehmet Şimşek (Finance Minister) Sixty-two km south of Batman via Hasankeyf, the small town of Gercüş…
Old name: Salah (Suryani) Newly restored, the Church of Mor Yakub (St. Jacob) at Salah in the Tur Abdin near Midyat may have been…
Population: 200 Southeast of Midyat in the Tur Abdin, the large and attractive village of Haberli once boasted no less than 25 churches…
The small and picturesque village of İzbırak, in the Tur Abdin northeast of Midyat off the road to Dargeçit, is dominated by the…
Monastic heart of Tur Abdin Other names: Deyrulumur, Kartmin/Qartmin By far the most important monastery in the Tur Abdin lies 18 kilometers east…
Little Castle of the south Population: negligible Near Beyazsu on the road south from Midyat to Nusaybin, it’s…
Heart of the old Syrian Orthodox community Population: 85,600 Back…
For those of an adventurous disposition South-Eastern Turkey is usually the destination of choice. An oblique rectangle with its corners turning on Malatya,…