Prof. Altuğ Taner Akçam

Young Assyrians the future of Assyrian genocide scholarship

…ts who are interested in the genocide. Our Holocaust and Genocide Studies Center is open to cooperation. In your opinion, is cooperation by the three main victim groups necessary in gaining Turkish and international recognition of the genocide? Of course they can work together. I think the main question is how they can achieve the acknowledgement of the different mass crimes by the Turkish government? How can we get the Turkish government to ackno… Weiterlesen

Thea Halo

The door is now open and Assyrians should do more

In Seyfo Center’s next instalment of interviews with Assyrian Genocide scholars and activists, Seyfo Center spoke with author and recognition advocate, Thea Halo. First published in 2000, Halo’s acclaimed book Not Even My Name, brought wider public attention to the Assyrian and Greek genocides. The book narrates the experiences of Sano, Thea Halo’s mother, during the genocide and her survival against a seemingly insurmountable and calculated camp… Weiterlesen

In the Armenian capital of Yerevan

Syriacs ready to open genocide memorial

…louder in the coming years,” Atman added. The Assyrian Genocide Research Center is conducting joint work with the Genocide Museum – Institute in Yerevan, he said. “The 100th anniversary of the 1915 genocide is approaching. We have already kicked off our preparations.” Meanwhile, Atman also penned another letter to Osman Baydemir, the mayor of Turkey’s southeastern province of Diyarbakır, requesting a genocide memorial to be erected in that city a… Weiterlesen

New realese

Assyrian Mor Ephrem Choir CD

…ve been made to study Assyrian music, but we are standing before a serious study that has delved into the roots of this music. This study attempts to demonstrate where this music came from, how it was accepted, the reasons why it entered the church, and why changes in music are apparent between the city and village, and between the valley and mountain. It also focuses on its pre-Christian history because when we search for the roots of our melodie… Weiterlesen

Letter to Serzh A. Sargsyan

Scholars Urge Armenia to Officially Recognize Assyrian Genocide

…cide Education Project; member, Academic Board, Seyfo (Assyrian Genocide) Center; Chair, Armenian Genocide Reparations Study Group; Professor and Chair, Department of Philosophy Worcester State University, USA Prof. Dr. Michael Abdalla, Poland Prof. dr. Ciano Aydin, Department of Philosophy, University of Twente, The Netherlands Prof. Hannibal Travis (Associate Professor of Law at Florida International University of Law), Academic Board, Seyfo Cen… Weiterlesen

Minorities in the Iraq

The desperate plight of Iraq’s Assyrians and other minorities

…ouraging in that it recognises needs particular to the indigenous peoples of the plains, including the necessity of building „an indigenous community police force“. If the existence of some of the world’s most ancient peoples is to be rescued, then it will be through the co-ordinated activities of free men and women reclaiming their destiny from the jihadist murder gangs, the cronyism and venality of politics, and church elders who have long since… Weiterlesen

Over persecution of non-Muslim population in Iraq

Assyrian organizations appeal to President of European Parliament

…ral Centre, Assyrian Association of Ukraine “Assyria,” Education-cultural Center “AREG,” “Khabreh D’atouraye” – “Assyrian News,” “Free society institute” NGO, International Assyrian Coordination Council (IACC), Union of the Russian Federation Diasporas (SDR), “Huysi Kamar,” Nash Dom “Armenia,” Center of Socialist Researches “Caucasus,” Armenian Progressive Youth (APY), Armenian Technological Academy, Centre of Development of Civil Society, the web… Weiterlesen

Eine traurige Nachricht

Mor Raphael BeDaweed, Patriarch der Chaldäischen Kirche verstirbt nach schwerer Krankheit.

…tude was born in Nineveh (Mosul, Iraq) on April 17, 1922. He initiated his preparation to the priesthood at the Patriarchal Seminary in Mosul in September, 1933. After three years in seminary he was chosen to be sent to Rome to study Philosophy and Theology. He was ordained priest in October, 1944. He earned two Ph.D., one in Philosophy and another in Theology. In 1947, he left Rome and went back to Mosul to serve his church and his Chaldean natio… Weiterlesen

Das Leiden der Assyrer geht weiter

Assyrian Man Kidnapped and Killed in Syria

…of the passengers is a doctor whose presence was requested in Tabga by the Free Syrian Army. After bringing the Assyrians to Tabga, Mr. David failed to return home. Suspecting foul play, on the following day his family contacted the Free Syrian Army and asked about his whereabouts. The Free Syrian Army instituted a search and found his body on Sunday in a remote area near Tabga. He had been shot to death and his car stolen. The identity of the per… Weiterlesen

Meeting under the umbrella of MECHRIC in Brussels

Conference on the Persecution of Assyrians and Other Christians in the Middle East

…ar name their children using indigenous names, speak the Assyrian language freely, listen to Assyrian Music including songs touching upon feelings of patriotism , and generally feel freedom as an Assyrian woman or man living in the country where they have lived for more than 6,000 years, in the country of their forefathers which produced kings and queens like Ashurbanipal, Nebuchadnezzar, Gilgamesh And Semiramis (Shamiram). But the situation in Ir… Weiterlesen