DEM Party Commemorates Victims of Sayfo Genocide

DEM Party commemorates victims of Sayfo genocide

The date 1915 brings to mind the Armenian Genocide, which was perpetrated by the Committee of Union and Progress, which was in power in the final years of the Ottoman Empire. However, it was not only Armenians who were slaughtered in 1915, but also Greek and Assyrian (Syriac, Chaldean and Aramaic) Christians. Although the Republic of Turkey refuses to acknowledge this crime against humanity, the Armenian Genocide of 1915 is gaining increasing in…

Syriac Christians Mark 110 Years Since Genocide - The American Spectator | USA News and Politics

Sunday, June 15 marks a day of commemoration as the genocide of Syriac Christians reaches its 110th anniversary. Undertaken alongside the genocides of Armenian and Greek Christians by the Ottoman Empire during the First World War, the genocide, known as the “Sayfo” in the Syriac language, claimed at least 275,000 lives. At least half of the Syriac Christian community perished under this persecution, with higher estimates reaching as many as 750,…

Sayfo Remembrance Day: Bethnahrin Patriotic Union Party holds dialogue session - Syriac Press

BETH NAHRIN — In commemoration of the 110th anniversary of the Sayfo Genocide, the Bethnahrin Patriotic Union Party in Iraq (Huyodo Bethnahrin Athroyo, HBA) held a special dialogue session addressing the genocide committed by the Ottoman Empire and allied Kurdish tribes against the Chaldean–Syriac–Assyrian people. The event took place in the Martyr Hall of the Chaldo-Ashur Organization of the Kurdistan Communist Party. Panelists included Dr. Azi…