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Turkey brings back 1,600-year-old monastery life with restoration work

by Anadolu Agency

BATMAN May 14, 2020 - 12:46 pm GMT+3
Edited By Irem Yaşar
A general view from the ongoing restoration work at the Mor Kuryakos Monastery, Batman province, Turkey. (AA Photo)
A general view from the ongoing restoration work at the Mor Kuryakos Monastery, Batman province, Turkey. (AA Photo)
by Anadolu Agency May 14, 2020 12:46 pm
Edited By Irem Yaşar
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Turkey has completed the first phase of restoring a 1,600-year-old monastery in the southeast of the country, according to a local official.

The Mor Kuryakos Monastery located in the Beşiri district of the southeastern Batman province is scheduled to be restored in a three-stage process.

Sinan Aşçı, the district governor of Beşiri, told Anadolu Agency (AA) that the restoration process began nine months ago.

Aşçı added that the monastery, along with the ancient town of Hasankeyf, will be an important tourism attraction.

The historic monastery traces its origin back to fifth-century Syriac Christians and has two floors in an area spanning 2,500 square meters (8,202 square feet).

Around TL 1.5 million (nearly $215,000) has been spent on the first phase of the restoration, which covers the monastery entrance, the entire southern facade, a tomb room and its eastern facade, as well as all rooms on the second floor.

A photo from the interior of the Mor Kuryakos Monastery, Batman province, Turkey. (AA Photo)
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The second phase will begin after Ramadan Bayram, also known as Eid al-Fitr (the holiday after the Muslim holy month of Ramadan set for the end of May).

The restoration is being completed in coordination with the Batman Governorship, Dicle Development Agency, Special Provincial Administration and the Culture and Tourism Directorate.

Aşçı said this region has seen people from different faiths living in harmony for centuries.

"The monastery is the faith center of Syriac Christians, and right behind it, we have a mosque, which shows us how tolerance is intertwined," he added.

Locals in the village are happy about the restoration and welcome the revival of this historic building, he said.

In recent years the Turkish government has stepped up efforts to restore and open churches and synagogues, including many places of worship that have had their doors shut for over a century.

Among the restored houses of worship are the Trabzon Sümela Monastery, the Armenian Cathedral of the Holy Cross on Akdamar Island in the eastern Van province, the Armenian Church of St. Giragos in the southeastern Diyarbakir province, the Great Synagogue of northwestern Edirne province, the Stipol Synagogue in Istanbul and the St. Aho Monastery in Batman province.

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