“When in the height heaven was not named; and the earth beneath did not yet bear a name…” [Akkadian: E-nu-ma e-liš la na-bu-ú šá-ma-mu, šap-liš am-ma-tum šu-ma la zak-rat…] With these words the first of seven tablets of Enuma Elish begins, the Assyrian-Babylonian Epos of Creation composed in Akkadian cuneiform script most likely during the Bronze age, to the time of King Hammurabi (1810 – 1750 BC). Weiterlesen
Athens, Greece (AINA) — An Assyrian genocide monument was erected yesterday in Athens, Greece, where 8,000 Assyrians live. The monument is a memorial for the Assyrian victims of the Turkish genocide of Christians in World War One, which claimed 750,000 Assyrians (75%), 1.5 million Armenians and 500,000 Pontic Greeks. Weiterlesen
Am 10. Januar veröffentlichte die armenische Webseite „panorama“ ein Interview mit dem Gründer des Seyfo Centers, Sabri Atman. Im Interview, welches in englischer Sprache ist, geht Atman zunächst auf die historischen Aspekte des assyrischen Völkermordes von 1915 ein, beantwortet Fragen zum Seyfo Center und stellt schließlich die Erwartungen der Assyrer an die Türkei klar. Weiterlesen
(AINA) — The Syrian National Coalition (SNC), an umbrella group for Syria’s numerous opposition groups, recently formed a new government in exile but failed to include Assyrian representatives. Weiterlesen
(AINA) — The Society for Endagered People, one of Europe’s largest human rights organizations, honored Mrs. Janet Abraham for long-standing and extraordinary human rights activism at its recent annual plenary session, held in mid October in Göttingen, Germany. Weiterlesen
This monument is at the initiative of the Syriac Institute of Belgium and Seyfo Center. Moushé Malke, an Assyrian(Syriac) world-renowned artist, carved a killed dove on a stone of 12 tons! The official inauguration of the monument will be held on August 4, 2013 at 13:00 Banneux.
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Die schwedische Zeitung aus Södertälje (Länstidningen Södertälje – LT.se) berichtet, dass Suryoyo Sat in seiner Sendung zum Thema das Originalbild der Begegnung von Vertretern Assyrischer und Syrischer (Assyriska/Syrianska) Organisationen mit dem türkischen Präsidenten Abdullah Gül vom 18. Februar 2013 in Ankara manipuliert und die Vertreter assyrischer Organisationen, Hobil Rhawi und Nail Yoken, weg retuschiert hat. Weiterlesen
Ankara, Turkey (AINA) — „Assyrians are an important part of Turkey and their roots go back thousands of years on these lands,“ said the Turkish president Abdullah Gül during a meeting with Assyrian organizations on February 18th in the presidential palace in Ankara. Weiterlesen
(AINA) — The final decision of the [Turkish] Supreme Court of Cassation in the legal case of St. Gabriel, ordering it to transfer the lands which the monastery has owned for 14 centuries to the State Treasury marks a major legal scandal. Cynically, it was the same institution which in 1974 ruled against the [non-Muslim] minority foundations in Turkey and has played an important role in intensifying minority problems. The latest ruling, in which the State is designated as the ‚land owner‘ and the ‚other‘ (being St.Gabriel) as the ‚occupier‘ proves that not much has changed in Turkey’s policy towards minorities. The court decision sheds light on an important parameter of the process that has been labeled as „democratization.“ Weiterlesen
Sabri Atman, director of the Assyrian Genocide Research Center (Seyfo Center) spoke to the Republic of Armenia. He represented the Assyrian community and thanked for the erected monument in the city Yerevan. Weiterlesen