Turkey Seizes Assyrian Monastery Property

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Turkey Seizes Assyrian Monastery Property
By Ygar Gültekin
http://www.agos.com.tr
Posted 2017-06-23 17:01 GMT

The St. Gabriel Assyrian Monastery, in Mardin Turkey, was founded in 397 A.D.
After Mardin became a Metropolitan Municipality, its villages were officially turned into neighbourhoods as per the law and attached to the provincial administration. Following the legislative amendment introduced in late 2012, the Governorate of Mardin established a liquidation committee. The Liquidation Committee started to redistribute in the city, the property of institutions whose legal entity had expired. The transfer and liquidation procedures are still ongoing.

In 2016, the Transfer, Liquidation and Redistribution Committee of Mardin Governorate transferred to primarily the Treasury as well as other relevant public institutions numerous churches, monasteries, cemeteries and other assets of the Syriac community in the districts of Mardin. The Mor Gabriel Monastery Foundation appealed to the decision yet the liquidation committee rejected their appeal last May. The churches, monasteries and cemeteries whose ownerships were given to the Treasury were then transferred to the Diyanet.


The St. Gabriel Assyrian Monastery, in Mardin Turkey, was founded in 397 A.D.

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