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Surp Kevork Armenian Church is located in the Derik district of Mardin province in southeastern Türkiye. It is one of six churches serving the Syriac, Armenian and Chaldean communities in the region. Today, it is the only Armenian church in the district open for worship. Although the majority of the local population consists of Kurds, the Armenian minority continues to preserve the church as a sacred site. History The exact construction date of the church is not definitively known, but various s

Andre Vahram Bayar (Kocabıyıkyan), born in Istanbul in 1890, served as a member of parliament for Istanbul in the ninth term of the Democrat Party while also practicing as a medical doctor. Bayar held various health-related positions both within and outside Türkiye, received his education in Paris, undertook several administrative roles within the Armenian community, and during his parliamentary term focused intensively on health policy initiatives. After his political career ended, he returned