By Suphi Aksoy | Member of the Presidential Committee of the Bethnahrin National Council The 1915 genocide, known as Sayfo in Syriac, was carried out against the Syriac, Armenian and Greek-Pontian Christian peoples over a vast geographical area. Massacres and deportations intensified1915. They stretched from Istanbul to Hakkari. In that year the atrocities peaked. The genocidal attacks began in early June, when Ottoman military units and irregular armed gangs crossed the Tigris River in northern Tur Abdin and laid siege to settlements around Hasankeyf, burning and destroying everything in their path.

FIGAROVOX/TRIBUNE - Tandis qu’une menace pèse sur les Chrétiens d’Orient, la spécialiste du Moyen-Orient Aurélie Pirillo appelle les autorités françaises à reconnaître le génocide des Assyro-Chaldéens...

By Musa Ergin Not all names from Tur Abdin have yet been documented. Therefore, I would like to turn the social media comment made by our reader into an open invitation that applies to everyone carrying similar family histories: I invite anyone who knows a documented or orally transmitted story of a protector or defender from Midyat or Tur Abdin during the Sayfo Genocide, regardless of their origin or religion, whether Christian, Muslim, Kurdish, or Syriac, to share this story along with names, locations, and, if possible, sources.

BRUSSELS — The European Syriac Union (ESU) has called on Israel to expand its proposed recognition of the Armenian Genocide to include the genocides committed against the Syriac (Aramean-Assyrian-Chaldean) and Pontic Greek peoples, known as Sayfo 1915, during the final years of the Ottoman Empire. In a formal appeal addressed to the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the ESU welcomed the Israeli government's decision to advance recognition of the Armenian Genocide, describing it as an important step toward historical justice while urging Israeli authorities to acknowledge the suffering of all peoples who were targeted during the same period.