The Nestorian Christians took their name from Nestorius (c.386-450), Archbishop of Constantinople from 428 to 431, whose beliefs were condemned as heretical by the…
Little Castle of the south Population: negligible Near Beyazsu on the road south from Midyat to Nusaybin, it’s…
White waters of the south On the road south from Midyat to Nusaybin on the Syrian border, a succession of cute little restaurants…
Site of Turkey’s first university Population: 91,600…
Success! On my second try I’d actually managed to get inside the fourth-century monastery of Mor Yakup in Nusaybin. I’d also seen the…
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…