Sunday, January 30, 2005

Ancient people return to Turkey - The Washington Times: World Briefings - January 30, 2005

"Ancient people return to Turkey


By James C. Helicke
ASSOCIATED PRESS

HABERLI, Turkey � Nine-year-old Ninua Saliba played hide-and-seek outside a seventh-century church as village men drank tea, chatted in a language similar to that Jesus spoke and waited for a visit by the local Turkish governor.
The politician's stop and the calm in the ancient village would have been inconceivable just a few years ago, when the tiny Christian community in southeastern Turkey was caught in the middle of fighting between Turkish troops and Kurdish rebels. "

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