still, she disappears without the trace. secret type queen has been accused of due floating victims. on the top 10 list, the cartel leaders in murder is assigned national thriller about to wells. most ones at home in crypto queen stops descend associates. i'm d w a group of syriac orthodox christians returning to their ancestral home in south eastern turkey. we want to revitalize the village, which has been vacant for the past 2 decades often stopped us the story. it was to die your living you yeah, it should. it's beautiful here we have everything as christians, we don't have the freedom one dreams of, but we're trying to win that freedom of car and start living here again. you know,

living here on so far the, this is the village of east bar rock in south eastern turkey, not far from the border to syria. most of the houses here are deserted or old ruins . just a handful of people live here now, but among them is a woman who has returned relatively recently a syriac orthodox. none her day begins at sunrise with morning. prayers a me sure to the sure the the actual he's been stressed out to him to do. i'm sisterhood to need to go into bold and i was born in this house on april, 2nd,

1976. and i lived here until the age of 15. uh, some fun from selling stuff. every day after morning prayers, a tune or 2 gone, goes for a walk around the village, which she calls xyz, its original name, and the aromatic language. when she was growing up here, it was still home to 270 christian families. them all for you have off imagine that here was, are pound my father and the other men would dive in here and could hold their breaths long enough to swim underwater to the other side. like an awesome guy, it was teeming with lives. even here of these and russell dies in the 19 eighties and nineties, this area was the scene of a military conflict between the turkish army and curtis. p. k. k. malicious. the christians always in the minority. here were costs between the 2 sides. have been seen villa too. we are neither turks nor curtis as far as we are or may it now for instance, this and spice that we were basically being crushed between 2 stony supply and

there was no way we could stay here. so we tried to persevere, war until the death threats and so on and guns. as in 1985, one such threat was made to her father by curtis and neighbors. he decided to fleet with his wife and 10 children to germany, and i never was in the same week we left for a symbol. and once we had our passports and tickets, we flew to germany. and every single day since 1985 i dreamt of being here in the village on the clumsy endorphin germany became a 2nd. tell him to have to know, but you never forgot where she came from. and she always held tight to her syriac orthodox space. when she was of age, she decided to become a nun. over 30 years after moving to germany, she returned to her in federal home and 2017 filling her father's dying. wish non papa. so i told him my father was very ill in 2014. 0 my god, nobody changed nurse so i watched over him. i mean, i was with him day and night onto and shortly before he died he said to me in deep

breath, to speak to my dearest daughter, my wish list for life to return to the village, the village. he said to come back after her father's passing. she used her inheritance to start rebuilding her family home ins. ok. so what was usually when i arrived this well, had practically collapsed, is one here. it was all really on the who in here on here that's really it was important to restore the old houses eyes of the others to leave the red and the husbands. and these are the original stones. the i was born right here and there was a rocker. my mother hung the rope and there was a baby to rock them to and fro. sho, tuna is

a member of the syriac christian minority, also known as paramedic a syrian called in, or syria. the aromatic word for syria. their ancestors are believed to have been one of the very 1st christian communities. over the centuries, the group with its longstanding religious beliefs and own customs in language, came under repeated attacks and a predominantly muslim region. most decided to flee their homeland. only about 2000 christians still live in the area. one percent of the communities numbers a century ago. in the today, there are around 300000 syriac orthodox christians, living outside turkey, primarily in europe and the united states. almost half of the diaspora has found a new home in germany in the town of b to kind dissing in in south western germany,

the syriac orthodox community comprises some 500 families, the z mon, whose it was 17. when his family moved to germany from eastern turkey in 1990 the via hobbin i states as christian was that we were looking for a new home that was christian. so we were looking in europe. i hope i could do. yeah. when we heard there was democracy, freedom and weren't i, i guess and above all peace slide please. and that was here and in your overall appeal in i get my oil, but zima learned german and after doing an apprenticeship as a hair dresser opened his own salon. and met georgette. she too is christian and had to emigrate it to germany from syria in 2000. a couple now have 2 sons and

a daughter every sunday after church service, the family gathers together for lunch. so i cannot say no, probably our children were all born here where there are other traditions stealing vehicles. we've tried to find a compromise that includes our ancestors, vague meetings, vague, so opinion, dish, our aim isn't to assimilate nearby and we have what's rather to integrate yet than the intake. i mean really make an effort on that front of the out. i need just tell me what she's at home, both here on the dirt to find them. i know i see it as having 2 homes. i, my one is the home of my parents and the other is the home. i was born in the wonderful day for the 1st 10 years after leaving turkey. the moment it was that did not dare venture back, but later, whenever it felt safe to do so,

he visited the village where he was born and grew up. in some sense, he'd never truly left it behind the dark based on the day when you're there, you feel grounded about and so by do, but every time we leave this homeland, you think ma'am, when will i be back about how well and there's always the question of why i leave on break. yeah, i one issue that search find out, go back for good is what does the teacher hold a shot and it really does weight on your mind body to get done. can you because of the o z moment. as soon heading off for a vacation in his homeland, he always stops by his parents place to say good bye before setting off. they live in a neighboring apartment block sale. oh i mom's. i feel like

i'm off to our village and wanted to see good bye to you both need to know how the head of the this man am an alias, is that we're farmers in eastern turkey. they ran a small village store and made rugs. in 1990, they fled to germany, bearing for their own safety. amid the conflict between the muslim turks and curts . missing the that's why we beat in germany for 32 years to the day and the above on the and my dad has never been back home. the mom has been able to go twice to the milwaukee. i did. so i'm on the wrong english. there's a and don't go back to the homeland without saying good bye 1st. and then other than kidney stone, we need their prayers for us. it is a competitive phones. and when we arrive back here, we always go straight to them. that's within turkey. does not recognize the syriac orthodox christians as a religious minority,

but the state does give land and churches back to those returning people from the diaspora are now rebuilding their old communities here and here the syrian border there, restoring old houses and constructing new ones. most of the christians, however, only spend their summer vacations in their incest, ro villages the . ready insides to. there are several new and restored homes, standing among the ruins. the largest house in the village belongs to sisterhood 2 and a 2 gun, which she built next to her parents old home. she wants to provide other attorneys with a roof over their heads while their homes are under construction. oh, yeah, i'm here, but we already have beds made up. here. we have some bunk beds. who by the end of the rooms are finished, everything is ready to go. how does this stuff?

and here's another room that sleeps for best. and so 10 people can stay the night. here. i have 32 beds appear in total wine because he's been to and his plans for the house don't. and there she also wants to set up a kind of school and helping women whose family stayed in the region and who never went to school. she's already acquired 18 laptops and 12 sewing machines for the project. it's moved to a computer. i think i want to offer computer courses and showing lessons here who sees is 5, because those are jobs you can do from home to them and escalate and have coming to school. but having that training means you at least have a profession. minutes and moving on. tom sisterhood. tuna is a member of a serious orthodox church in germany. in 2011, she launched a foundation which has a special focus on supporting girls and women. the kid now has around

7000 volunteers running schools and other projects and 33 countries in addition to her parents house to and it has also inherited land. here the $28.00 hector is in total. the equivalent of around 20 soccer pitches. the bulldozers she's hired spent weeks clearing the rich soil of rocks and stones. via here we're going to have an olive grove with pistachio trees on the biggest lot of land surrounded by grapevines. to be of mine called him god willing, we'll have our 1st harvest and some 5 years time talked often. this is my home. who are all of this used to be formed a good time. we planted grain here, but there is nobody doing that now and i must, despite the fertile soil to board during the summer months. tattooing a sister also lives in xyz newer a built

a house in the village last year and now helps out of the 2 women planted sumac shrubs. here. the plants, dried berries are made into a popular spice of 2 and a 100 to a great deal of convincing before nora was ready to make the move back home. yeah. what's happened to my, what hotel now has a cheap so far and is still doing go, is just an extraordinary must have to him on the must long some long, some sounding. so my sister little by little, many people are putting fear aside and finding their way back here. beat up someone to come in. ready once they've harvested enough sumac berries, they plan to sell the spice and the region around 70 kilometers away is the villages nadine parts in turkish. in the summer at least the centuries old christian churches have full congregations again. the dean is the

home village of z moment, is that the hurry to make it in time for the service. just after arriving to the area the afterwards, the worshippers gathered to share a meal. hello and enjoy your meal and you now do this month if you see faces that you haven't seen in years. if you come once a year or once a decade, you meet new people, which is largely as tradition dictate the food is being provided by the relatives of a person who recently passed away. there's about 300 people here today. this is the, this is the son of the deceased. lead me food and the owner of his father.

the after 2 hours of chatting with other church goers. z moselle, takes off on a tour around medina. it's only the 2nd time, simone's youngest son, my time, is visiting the village of his ancestors yourself. if i've seen the deluxe culture here, deal and there are different things you can do here compared to germany, must be like, drive a tractor on a motorbike. all the altura car, the foot and baton. it isn't just here to have fun. she moaned and georgette want their son to learn more about the culture of his ancestors. at a special summer course, more gabrielle is the oldest surviving syriac orthodox monastery in the world. vote

does, he moaned, and his brothers spent a few days here when they were 14 the should. it was great to be here. he'll be a bit seems if i hope he likes it, that it would be interesting for him to spend a few nights here. and get an idea of what things used to be like in the homeland and what life was like in a monastery or in the high month of all the month, open and close. i'm glad i found it. in the late 4th century, the monastery offers courses in the aromatic language and about the culture of the cereal orthodox community. welcome much. i already has aromatic lessons, twice a week back in germany, but that's not enough in his father's audience. kind of go to boost lives in the united states. every summer she brings her son here to spend a month at more. gabrielle ah sure that the students are so happy here officially and they do voluntary work in the monastery. but there's time for other things to know side. leslie pray 3 times

a day. when there are no ceremony scheduled, the bowed down before god. it's not difficult to close. the monastery can accommodate up to 30 students, religious education and language lessons as well as meals are funded by donations from other syriac orthodox christians. but tight isn't yet sure if he wants to return for his next summer vacation. over in size, toner has visitors arriving from germany today. friends of her sister, nura from fryeburg, that's not how may i assist you there in may of which i can read and do it's about the church. the building is from before the christian era, 1800 b c. how many can you see the remark writing? now it's likely that this place was used by some worshippers. there used to be windows here, and there is the entrance to the underground city. that's the,

i'm exhausted, the kind of makes me there are simply no words to con. taken this expanse. you can look in all directions as far as the i can see this, the oh good by the button. that's good. this is those, these almond trees and tell you that the ones down there that's hours to enter the mountain where the houses are those houses. the church was closed for a period of 30 years. a toner has since had it restored with the help of other former residents. i'm going to show you where we were all baptized, all 10 brothers and sisters. the baptismal font has been restored. we were all baptized here. all the children in the village. this discharge

was the most wonderful childhood memory for all of us, and they put one other king death on the shooting of the best was all stay and stay because the entire village would gather in the courtyard to eat together. and so young an old i'm to get seated, we'll have a lot to take home with us. we'll be thinking of you that's nice type of respect is it's completely different compared to germany. also in terms of advancing their religion, which i know understand why you feel homesick outside were grateful for your invitation full frontier. there's a major festival coming up in 6 weeks time. a tune of hopes that the church is us will be full of people again, just like it used to be. marty and the largest city in the area has been a melting pot of cultures and religious faith for thousands of years with the east of turkey now relatively peaceful. again,

the tourists have started coming back. they numbered some 4000000 and 2021. despite the cobit 1910 demik strong, the city name of this is the oldest syrian quarter on that, and then we'll go to the curricular church. many of the people on this tour of christian sides by muslim turks in 2021, 9 churches and monasteries in martine were added to your nest goes tentative list of new world cultural heritage sites. it's on this journal. this is one of the few places where you can hear church bells, london was india and we thought it. so let me check the treasure that she's. it's just my 5th time here. i wanted to show my friends have beautiful it is the community seems close knit and the people do a lot to preserve their culture. and large christians, in this area, were known for crafting silver jewelry and producing wine. just a few decades ago, the letter was met with fierce opposition in the region. 1700 and the drinking wine

is ascended as well. whereas for christians, secrets when people used to have an issue with this, we started some of many even refuse to sell their grapes, sought by the reflector on, as i've got more popular posts and people started making and selling wind themselves such a lot of in this era of reconciliation, that ancient culture is now being marketed in new ways. august 15th is assumption day. an important holiday for christians here. worshippers gather for a ceremony in the church of saint mary and the village of passed. among them, our sister had to do gun and cmon who's the, it's a wonderful coincidence. i find someone i played soccer with 31 years ago and titled it and he was a right back. i was left back. the

ceremony is being held down in the courtyard as there isn't enough space in the church for 500 worshippers. the service lasts over 2 hours, which is standard, in aramaic christian tradition. i wasn't expecting so many people. it's amazing and lovely to get a real experience of home. i liked it. it wasn't like it is in germany. we don't have many monasteries like this there. i'd like to come here more often. after the ceremony comes the traditional feast. assumption de marks the end of a fasting period for syriac orthodox christians. after abstaining from meat and

dairy products for 15 days. the next day, the mound visits the sides and medea where his grandfather's house once stood. it was the 2nd home for the moment until he and his family immigrated to germany. since he now owns the land he could rebuild it. but does he want to call? i'm going to be honest. i haven't proceeded dream like that yet. so don't tell me how big should only last year with different dreams of building a new life in europe. i'm doing 1st, thanks to god. that's why i know it will be managed to do all the good side down. yes. so, so i'll get you in the phrase in this pieces of what is the most precious thing you can have. and then he, us citizen says there's peace here. maybe that dream will come to life without noise. have they get around?

40 new houses had been built by christian families in medina, over the past decade. the contributions from the diaspora and the turkish states have also paid for a new sewage system, as well as the street lighting, an upgraded power lines. the z mona's visiting is and sean and uncle, as ease. they were also born in medina, but unlike the moment they never left the village to shield out of a 150 families and 50 left. 5 of the couples, 10 children, live abroad. aziz and shoshone would love to see them return home permanently but in the years it should be, these 3 have come here from europe. you could give them the entire village and they still didn't come back to me. my father's rights

getting married, so i'm not planning on coming back. i would like somebody took us a long time to build up a new life abroad. it wasn't easy. i got a hold of the turn, the music we had quite a few difficulties at 1st. but now we've adjusted the other stuff and even like in the back of my children wasn't dilemma. saw the every time's e mail and visits his childhood village. she feels torn. he and his family have a good life in germany. medina, it says past or cause it become a future home for his family. the. ready may occur, no solution. well, we can't just leave behind our children and i have them when they get married and maybe have kids, you know, i become

a grand that visual for life. and then maybe after i'm retired, i could come here more often and for longer live, any of my children would definitely not come with me on. okay. and i'm not sure my wife would either. well, and it's something we've never really talked about because it's simply not an option right now to invite these buys, coming to visit. sure. but living here, honestly, it's still too early to say. yeah, they've been know, it's still flu guns, at least the weather. uh, 4 weeks later, it's now late september and the most important festival of the year is underway inside the villages, patron saint dean is being honored to one or 2 guns which has come true with members of the diaspora attending in large numbers. um awesome. yeah. okay, yeah, so i think either all originally from the village, they have come from sweden,

the netherlands, germany, and belgium to celebrate the festival platforms for us to fire this into yeah, from florida. i've already seen 5 people who i went to school with the guns and he gets them of the week i decided to reignite with everyone again con around 300 syriac orthodox christians have come home at least for the duration of the festival. the bone throws building a house, means re discovering their roots and increasing the place where we can feel at home . but we feel secure and loved one mind giving me a guy to get logan. i believe it's it's, it's also about re description and the traditional values that define or people might index the

sometimes i want to cry, tears of joy, but i tried to hold myself together. we age thing and prayed together. everything is one community. we're back together again, and that's the most beautiful thing about life in a village community name. it's the way it once was and is now again, this is what i want you to read on. 17 families have plans to build new homes or restore old ones here in size. a 2 and a 2 gun has been traveling across the world to support your foundations, educational projects. but she's always happiest in her village. her old and new home the

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