Assyrians in Switzerland

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St. Avgin Monastery in Arth

Assyrians ( Suryoye ) ( Aramaic : ܣܘܪ̈ܝܝܐ) in Switzerland are members of the Assyrian ethnic group living in Switzerland . The native language of the Assyrians is New East Aramaic , which is spoken in two dialects today. On the one hand it is the West Syrian Surayt dialect (also known as Turoyo), on the other hand it is the East Syrian Suret dialect (also known as Swadaya). Since the Assyrians in Switzerland are mainly citizens who have their roots in Tur-Abdin (south-east Turkey) or in Gozarto ( northern Syria), the Assyrians in Switzerland mainly use the Syrian-Aramaic Surayt dialect.

immigration

The Tur-Abdin is considered to be the historical settlement area of ​​the Syrian Orthodox Assyrians.

Their number is estimated at around 10,000; most of them came to Switzerland as guest workers in the 1970s. Most of the Assyrians in Switzerland come from Tur Abdin , mainly from the Turkish province of Mardin . They come from the cities of Midyat and Beth Zabday and the majority from the following historical villages: Arbo , Kafro , Enhil , Midin , Arkah , Beth Kustan , Aynwardo and Keferze , most of them belong to the Syrian Orthodox Church . Around 200 families belong to the Chaldean Catholic Church, the majority of which come from what is now Iraq. The bishopric of the Syriac Orthodox Diocese of Switzerland and Austria is in the St. Avgin Monastery in Arth in central Switzerland , where many Assyrians live. Most Assyrians live in German-speaking Switzerland, such as in the cantons of St. Gallen and Aargau . A large part of the Assyrian community also lives in the Italian-speaking area of ​​Switzerland, in the canton of Ticino , mainly in Lugano and Locarno . The actual name of the Assyrians is Suryoye or Suroye . The Assyrians are also known as Aramaeans or Chaldeans .

integration

In its statement of February 14, 2007, the Federal Council stated on the interpellation of the National Councilor Reto Wehrli (CVP parliamentary group) that the Assyrians in Switzerland have integrated remarkably well.

There are several Assyrian cultural and football clubs in Switzerland today. Apart from the Syrian Orthodox monastery, the Assyrians do not have their own Syrian Orthodox church in Switzerland. The Syrian Orthodox and Chaldean Catholic worship services are held in different churches.

Assyrians occupy the Palais de Rumine in Lausanne

On July 24, 2000, around 100 Assyrians occupied the Palais de Rumine in Lausanne . It was in this building that the Treaty of Lausanne was signed on July 24, 1923 , in which the Assyrians lost all their rights as a people in Turkey.

The aim of the demonstrators was to get media and the Swiss government's attention on the following three points:

  • In 1923, the Treaty of Lausanne did not provide for minority rights for the Assyrian people. Through this treaty the existence of an Assyrian ethnic group is denied to this day. To this day, the Turkish state does not recognize the Assyrians as an ethnic minority.
  • The ongoing oppression and injustice against the Assyrians in Turkey.
  • The international recognition of the Assyrian people.

literature

  • Svante Lundgren: The Assyrians: From Nineveh to Gütersloh. Lit Verlag, Berlin / Münster 2015, ISBN 978-3-643-13256-7 .
  • Abdo Mirza, Franz-Rudolf Müller: “We came to the Chabour barefoot, we are forced to walk again barefoot.” Flight, expulsion and hostage of the Assyrian Christians from Tal Goran (Al-Hassake, Northern Syria). Personal report of Abdo Mirza and his family. Lit Verlag, Berlin / Münster 2019, ISBN 978-3-643-14320-4 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Talay, Shabo .: S ̆ lomo Surayt: an introductory course in Surayt Aramaic (Turoyo) . Ed .: Bar Habraeus Verlag. Bar Habraeus Verlag, Glane 2017, ISBN 978-90-5047-065-0 , pp. 2 (www.surayt.com [accessed July 6, 2019]).
  2. ↑ Rosa Schmitz: "I would like to be able to die in my homeland" - An Assyrian from Wil tells the story of his people. Retrieved May 23, 2020 .
  3. ↑ https://www.kath.ch/newsd/chaldaeer-hoffen-auf-eigene-mission-in-der-schweiz/
  4. ↑ View Business. Retrieved June 27, 2020 .
  5. ^ Assyrian Christians in Switzerland too | NZZ. Retrieved May 23, 2020 .
  6. ↑ http://bethsuryoyo.com/currentevents/lusanne/Occupation1.html
  7. ↑ https://www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/870205.assyrer-endung-ihre-anicherung.html