By Mihayel Rabo Following the media coverage of the latest discovery of Syriac inscriptions in Turkey, some public comments drew special attention. While some commentators claimed these inscriptions belonged to Central Asian Turks, others asserted they were entirely Kurdish writings. To some, these comments might seem trivial and unworthy of serious attention. At their core, however, they reveal a dominant impulse to distort facts, deny cultural heritage, and appropriate history.