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Syriac church in southern Türkiye takes severe damage from February quakes

"We also experienced our share of these earthquakes that hit our region. Our church, particularly its east side, was destroyed," said Mor Grigorios Melki Ürek, the metropolitan of Adıyaman and its surrounding provinces.

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Expressing his sadness over the church's current condition, Ürek told Anadolu that the country's Culture and Tourism Minister Mehmet Nuri Ersoy told them they were going to facilitate the rebuilding of the destroyed buildings.