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Mor Kiryakus Monastery is a historic structure located in the village of Ayrancı, Beşiri district, Batman province, Türkiye. It is considered sacred by the Syriac Christians. Situated at the farthest point of the Tur Abdin region (Midyat and surroundings), the monastery was established in the 4th century by monks who came from Aleppo. It was built on the eastern slope of Kıra Mountain, which dominates the Northern Mesopotamian Plain. As one of the earliest monasteries in the region, it holds sig