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ESU Newsletter No 11:Layout 1.Qxd Volume I - Issue 11 December 2007 An educational day on Turkey-EU subject in Hamburg Chairman’s Message The Catholic Academy in Hamburg, the Mar Dear readers, Gabriel Association and the Syriac Orthodox Association held an educational day on 27th A few months back Turkey October. The subject of the day was the reached the peak of the interna- Turkey-EU relations and the situation of the tional politics. Parliamentary elec- Syriacs within these relations. The head of tions, presidency elections, secularism vs. reli- the German Oriental Institute Prof. Dr. Udo giosity debates, veiling, constitutional changes, Steinbach, Prof. Dr. Martin Tamcke from and armed incursion of the Turkish army into Göttingen University, the vice president of Iraq were being discussed around the world. ESU Fikri Aygur and responsible official of the Finally Turkey came under the spotlight regard- religious affairs in Turkey Associate Prof. Dr. ing the Syriac issues too. Ali Dere attended the day as speakers. fact that the number of the Christian popula- Two issues regarding the Syriacs drew the The opening speeches of the day were made tion in Turkey has been decreasing ever since attention to Turkey. Firstly, whilst Turkey threat- by the Catholic Rev. Fr. Wilm Sanders and the the Ottomans conquered Istanbul in 1453 AD. ened the Northern Iraq, its army shelled a few provincial MP Reinhard Stuth. Mostly Christian (Chaldean-Assyrian-Syriac) villages German, around one hundred people attend- The subject of the speech held by the Vice situated just behind the Turkey-Iraq border and ed the meeting. President of ESU Fikri Aygur was `what are as a result of these shelling their residents were the risks and opportunities that the Christians forced to flee their villages. Prof. Dr. Udo Steinbach in his speech assessed the topic of the political situation in see in the admission of Turkey into the EU`. The second issue was the kidnapping incident Turkey and whether it is possible for the Aygur in his speech stated that the way the of the Syriac Priest Daniel Edip Savci of Mor Christians and the Muslims to live together in Islamic States approach the Christian minori- Jacob Monastery in Tur Abdin on 28th Turkey. Prof Steinbach in his speech elabo- ties was formed by the Islamic Caliph Omar II November. After he was held for three days, as during the 8th century AD and that this a result of the intensive pressure from the approach has continued and practiced by the Syriacs around the world and the thorough work Ottoman Empire and the Turkish Republic. of the Turkish officials he was released by his Should Turkey become a full member of the kidnappers. European Union the Turkish state will be fur- ther bound by the international treaties and These two issues bring about this conclusion: the international law and this in turn will lead Whenever there is a political, militarian or con- the Christians to live in a more prosperous stitutional change either in Turkey or generally life. in The Middle East, the Syriacs suffer from such processes negative effects. For example, since On the other hand, if Turkey is not admitted to the regime was changed in Iraq, hundreds of join the EU, the strategy it will follow is still Syriac-Chaldean-Assyrians, including some unclear, therefore the Christians will face an clerics have been killed. rated on the history of the Turkish state and uncertainty and insecurity that may leave Two years ago the Kurds living in the north- underlined that the republic brought about the eastern part of Syria in Al Jazeera district secularism. Prof. Steinbach also assessed rebelled against the state. Soon after that some the minorities rights and stated that when the Kurds attacked the Syriacs in the town of Armenian Journalist Hrant Dink was mur- Malikiye whilst they were in the church. dered the Turkish society denounced this murder by saying ``we are all Armenians``, The fundamentalism in Egypt is on the rise and thus the solution process of the 1915 the first harm is caused to the Coptic. Almost Genocide has started. He also stated that a every day there is some news about the Coptic peaceful living between the Christians and people that are being attacked by the fanatical Muslims in Turkey is a fundamental condition Islamic groups. for the membership of Turkey in the EU. Even though they are not in the centre of the The subject of the paper read by Prof. Dr. political developments, the Christian communi- Martin Tamcke was `the history of the them no choice but to emigrate from Turkey ties in the Middle East suffer from the most Christians in Turkey and their current situa- altogether. severe attacks against them. Therefore, there is tion. Prof. Tamcke drew the attention to the a great need for the protection of the Christian growth in the number of attacks against the In his conclusion speech Fikri Aygur empha- communities during the transformation process Christians in Turkey and as examples men- sized the fact that the Syriacs and other of the old Middle East to the New Middle East. tioned the killings of Hrant Dink in Istanbul, the Catholic Priest Andrea Santoro in Trabzon Christians are not minorities but indigenous and German Missionary Tilman Giske togeth- peoples and called upon the Turkish repre- sentatives and the Turkish state to be able to Iskender Alptekin er with Necati Aydin and Uğur Yüksel in Malatya. Prof. Tamcke also underlined the accept their Christian citizens and trust them. The Voice of the Syriacs Volume 1 - Issue 11 page 2 Kidnapped monk Daniel Edip Savci in Turkey, has been released On 28th November Rev. Father Daniel Edip Savci third day on 30th November, as a result of the intensive pressure from of Mor Jacob Monastery in Tur Abdin (South- the Syriacs around the world and the thorough work of the Turkish offi- Eastern Turkey) was kidnapped. cials. The unknown assailants ambushed Fr. Daniel This is not the only incident that the Christian community has suffered Savci's car as the 43-year-old monk was travel- in Turkey. Recently, in 2006 Priest Father Andrea Santoro in Trabzon, in ling to the Mor Jacob monastery near the town of 2007 the Armenian Journalist Hrant Dink in Istanbul and the German Midyat. The kidnappers were reported to have missionary Tilman Geske with Necati Aydin and Ugur Yüksel in Malatya sought a ransom of 300,000 euros ($442,400). were murdered as a result of some brutal attacks. We fear that Father Daniel Savci could be the last victim of this chain of brutal incidents Fr. Daniel was released by his kidnappers on the against the Christians in Turkey. The Ban on Syriac surnames in Turkey continues Ruben Demircioğlu, who is both Swiss national and Turkish national, surname. Ruben’s application was denied on the ground that article 3 of returned from Switzerland in order to re-settle in Turkey two years ago. the Turkish Constitution provides that `surnames of foreign race and When Mr. R. Demircioğlu became Swiss national, with his family, nations and surnames that are not suitable to the general public changed their surname to morals or that are disgusting and funny, cannot be used.` Hadodo, which is their tradition- Accordingly, `Hadodo` was not allowed to be used on the basis that it is al Syriac old family name. a foreign race surname. Currently, Ruben carries the However, under article 10 of the Turkish Constitution: `every person, `Demircioğlu` surname in regardless of their language, race, colour, gender, political opinion, Turkey and `Hadodo` in philosophical belief, religion, sect and any other similar attributes, Switzerland. Ruben is equal before the law.` Demircioğlu, after returning to Turkey on 18th June 2007, Ruben Hadodo, due to this problem, cannot run the business he has applied to the court to change newly established under his own name and states that they will have his surname into Hadodo. problems in registering the surname of their first child he is expecting Ruben’s father also for the soon with his wife. Although Ruben is planning to appeal against this same reasons had managed to decision to the higher court, however, he does not think that the Turkish change his surname into legal system can reach a reasonable verdict in this case. Hadodo with a court verdict in Turkey three years ago. In Turkey, Islamic surnames such as of Arabic and Iranian origin are allowed, however the ban on surnames of the Syriac language contin- The court case of Ruben that ues. This is clearly against The European Convention on Human Rights. was concluded on 28th September 2007 did not allow him to change his ESU meetings in France On 17th September 2007 a delegation consisting of the Vice President the meeting. of ESU Mr. Fikri Aygur and the member of the executive Committee of ESU Mr. Suleyman Gultekin together with the representative of the The second meeting was held with Senator Mr. Philippe MARINI and Mr. Assyrian-Chaldean-Syriac Institute in France Mrs. Agnes Ide held some Marc Le DORH. The situation of the Christians living in Iraq as well as meetings with the French politicians. the situation of the Christians living in The ESU delegates firstly met the representatives of the Socialist Party Syria was discussed Mr Karim PKAZAD and Mr. Alain CHENAL. The ESU delegates with the representa- informed the repre- tive of the France sentatives of the Syria relations. French Socialist Party about the Also, on 9th October Autonomous 2007 ESU and the region that is Assyrian-Chaldean- desired to be Syriac Institute in founded for the France held two Assyrian- meetings with the Chaldean-Syriac Finance Ministry people in Northern Secretary of State Iraq.
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