European Syriac Union
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European Syriac Union is an alliance between Chaldean-Syriac-Assyrian political of cultural organizations in Europe
that was established in May 2004. The group emerged after the downfall of the Mesopotamia Freedom Party or Gabo d'Hirutho d'Bethnahrin (GHB), formerly known as Patriotic Revolutionary Organization of Bethnahrin (PROB) or Bethnahrin Patriotic Revolution Organization. Today, it is notable for operating Suroyo TV
.
party, whose stated aim is to create an independent Assyrian state in Beth Nahrain
, a reference to the Assyrian homeland
. It has been labed as a terrorist group by the Turkish government. It is an ethnic secessionist organization that uses force and the threat of force against military targets for the purpose of achieving its political goal. The group had a youth wing as well dubbed "Free Youth of Bethnahrin."
military compound in the town of Kasre on July 17, 1999, where 39 Peshmerga
fighters were killed and 20 injured. Three days later a second attack was carried out by the group in which several of Barzani's fighters were killed when an army truck driving on a bridge between Kasre and Haci Umran was blown up by the PROB. The group claimed both attacks were to avenge the death of Assyrian Helen A. Sawa, who was killed by the Peshmerga.
, Switzerland
. The occupiers aimed to attract the attention of the media and the Swiss government as talks between Turkey and the EU began. The group demanded three points:
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
that was established in May 2004. The group emerged after the downfall of the Mesopotamia Freedom Party or Gabo d'Hirutho d'Bethnahrin (GHB), formerly known as Patriotic Revolutionary Organization of Bethnahrin (PROB) or Bethnahrin Patriotic Revolution Organization. Today, it is notable for operating Suroyo TV
Suroyo TV
Suroyo TV is an Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac satellite television channel. Suroyo TV broadcasts from their studios in Södertälje, Sweden.Suroyo TV is a voice for the Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac people and their cultural heritage, history and language...
.
GHB History
GHB was a militant Assyrian/SyriacAssyrian people
The Assyrian people are a distinct ethnic group whose origins lie in ancient Mesopotamia...
party, whose stated aim is to create an independent Assyrian state in Beth Nahrain
Beth Nahrain
Beth Nahrain is the Syriac name for the region known as Mesopotamia . It refers to the Euphrates and Tigris rivers of Iraq and Syria...
, a reference to the Assyrian homeland
Assyrian homeland
Assyrian homeland refers to a geographic and cultural region inhabited traditionally by the Assyrian people; who call it Assyria . It is largely coterminous with the Kurdish homeland, including parts of what is now northeast Syria, northern Iraq, northwestern Iran and southeastern Turkey.The area...
. It has been labed as a terrorist group by the Turkish government. It is an ethnic secessionist organization that uses force and the threat of force against military targets for the purpose of achieving its political goal. The group had a youth wing as well dubbed "Free Youth of Bethnahrin."
Attacks
The group carried out its first attack against a KDPKDP
KDP may refer to:*Kurdistan Democratic Party of South Kurdistan*Kurdistan Democratic Party of East Kurdistan*Korea Democratic Party*Khmer Democratic Party*Communist Party of Germany *Kappa Delta Pi...
military compound in the town of Kasre on July 17, 1999, where 39 Peshmerga
Peshmerga
Peshmerga or Peshmerge is the term used by Kurds to refer to armed Kurdish fighters. Literally meaning "those who face death" the Peshmerga forces of Kurdistan have been in existence since the advent of the Kurdish independence movement in the early 1920s, following the collapse of the Ottoman...
fighters were killed and 20 injured. Three days later a second attack was carried out by the group in which several of Barzani's fighters were killed when an army truck driving on a bridge between Kasre and Haci Umran was blown up by the PROB. The group claimed both attacks were to avenge the death of Assyrian Helen A. Sawa, who was killed by the Peshmerga.
Disruptions
On July 24, 2000, approximately a hundred members of the PROB forced entry in a governmental building in LausanneLausanne
Lausanne is a city in Romandy, the French-speaking part of Switzerland, and is the capital of the canton of Vaud. The seat of the district of Lausanne, the city is situated on the shores of Lake Geneva . It faces the French town of Évian-les-Bains, with the Jura mountains to its north-west...
, Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
. The occupiers aimed to attract the attention of the media and the Swiss government as talks between Turkey and the EU began. The group demanded three points:
- In 1923, the Treaty of LausanneTreaty of LausanneThe Treaty of Lausanne was a peace treaty signed in Lausanne, Switzerland on 24 July 1923, that settled the Anatolian and East Thracian parts of the partitioning of the Ottoman Empire. The treaty of Lausanne was ratified by the Greek government on 11 February 1924, by the Turkish government on 31...
denied the Assyrian people in Turkey their national rights. This treaty has been the cause for the denial of their existence as a people, hence today the Turkish government does not consider Assyrians as an ethnic minority. - The continuing oppression and injustice on the Assyrian people in Turkey.
- The international recognition of the Assyrian people.
External links
Members
- Syrianska-Assyriska Riksförbundet i Sverige (Sweden)
- Renyo Hiro Magazine (Sweden)
- Union of the Syriac Associations in Switzerland
- Union of the Assyrian-Syriac Associations in Germany
- Bethnahrin Information Bureau in the Netherlands
- Institut Mésopotamie de Bruxelles
- Centre Culturel du Peuple de Mésopotamie in Belgium
- Assyrian-Syriac Culture Club of Vienna, Austria
- Assyrian-Chaldean-Syriac Union (ACSU)
- Union of the Free Women of Bethnahrin (HNHB)
- Union of the Youth of Mesopotamia (HCB)
See also
- Iskender AlptekinIskender AlptekinIskender Alptekin also known as "Matay Rabo" Kafro, Tur Abdin was an Assyrian/Syriac politician, musician and the President of the European Syriac Union .-Biography:...
- Assyrian diasporaAssyrian diasporaThe Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac diaspora refers to the estimated population of Assyrian/Syriac Christians in the world that migrated outside of the Middle East or their original homeland. The worldwide diaspora of Syriac Christian communities begins during World War I, with the mass-killings of...