On the south side of the Tur Abdin looking out towards Nusaybin stands the remote Syrian Orthodox monastery of Mor Yakup (St Jacob…
“Quite pure” Population: 350 Other name: Kafro Elayto (Suryani) East of Gercüş off the highway to Dargecit stands the…
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…
When you’re researching a travel article everything sometimes works out perfectly first time round. Unfortunately on other occasions it simply doesn’t, which is…