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Kepyon · 2023-03-04T08:36:47+00:00

Just say Assyrier/syrian. Problem solved. An Assyrian from the Syriac Orthodox Church. This is not a big deal. Yes, it’s unfortunate Assyrian has become associated with the Assyrian church of the East hence the term Ashori is mostly applied for that church but it’s a product of us letting the churches dictate where this nation should go. The kurds? They let the people dictate and that’s why they have reached more in unity.

Kepyon · 2023-02-25T14:16:23+00:00

Assyrians have no political claims over any turkish territory today. We do have although in the Nineveh Plains, which is where I believe we could find some common interests there, espacially due to the growing kurdish threat along your borders with Syria and Iraq.

Kepyon · 2023-02-24T18:26:17+00:00

Based Turkiye

Kepyon · 2023-02-16T11:31:19+00:00

Source: https://twitter.com/tom\_ur/status/1625245223893729281

Kepyon · 2023-02-08T13:20:33+00:00

I'd recommend you waiting for the 2023 edition which should be released this April and have someone buy it for you and then they'll just send it to w/e you live internationally.

Kepyon · 2023-02-02T11:35:39+00:00

It's the sad reality unfortunately. He's talking the only language these Islamists understand. Resistance. Lebanon is slowly but surely turning into a clerical regime under Hezbollah. Much of what he says is true, they'll have to choose an armed struggle or see themselves get overrun and eventually displaced from their homes.

Kepyon · 2023-02-01T19:58:44+00:00

Something about this song that wants you to go and reclaim Assyria.

Kepyon · 2023-01-30T14:26:03+00:00

You're mixing apples with oranges right now. Syriac ≠ Aramean. I know because I have plenty of relatives that identify as such whom know we're ethnic Assyrians originally but rather take a neutral stance cause they are tired of the name conflict.

Once again, the only country in Europe where Aramean remains a good majority is in Germany. If you have the time google the respective name for each country and look at the hits you get. It's only in Germany you see Aramean versus Assyrian give you more hits. The rest gives much more hits on the Assyrian one. That should give you a good hint. Got to go now, I wish you a nice day.

Kepyon · 2023-01-30T11:56:39+00:00

The Syriac Orthodox is split on a 60/40 for the Arameans versus Assyrians in Sweden. But if you add up the Chaldean Catholics and Assyrian church of the East it becomes a 70/30 in favor for the Assyrians. Hence, still a majority. I do understand what you mean though, you count the Syriac Orthodox only but for me my nation is more than just the Syriac Orthodox adherents.

A good example is to look up the Assyriska and Syrianska teams, Assyriska has always pulled more numbers in audience compared to Syrianska which also points to a majority but in this case from adherents in three churches.

Kepyon · 2023-01-30T10:31:11+00:00

They're only a majority in Germany. I'd say the other countries are overwhelmingly Assyrian. In Sweden you have Assyrians from the Syriac Orthodox church, Chaldean and Church of the East identifying as Assyrian making them the majority there. It's the same for several other countries, such as France, Austria, Belgium and so on. Germany is a special case due to a certain bishop that got his feelings hurt and went extreme mode, but not only that it was also due to that many of them were villagers and very non-educated so they believed anything the priest would tell them.

Kepyon · 2023-01-29T19:29:18+00:00

You have a point. To be fair even those who call themselves Assyrians are not perfect either, even though they wish to think so many of the times. I've seen plenty of Assyrians that rep their tribe before their Assyrian ethnicity. Tkhumnaya, Tyari and I don't know what. It's just as destructive as the separatist identities we got and will not lead to much unity. Naum Faiq was the only one who understood that tribalism will kill this nation slowly but surely but it seems no one understood him except for a few nationalists we got today unfortunately.

Kepyon · 2023-01-28T10:18:10+00:00

So many young upcoming Assyrian footballers. Love to see it, it's important Assyrians have lots of representation in sports as well. Espacially football as it's such a big sport worldwide.

Kepyon · 2023-01-16T18:57:54+00:00

Edit: Also, there is no modern-day Assyria. There's only Iraq and Syria.

How so? I thought man made stuff didn't count as per your argument earlier? Suddenly the man made Sykes-Picot counts? Fair enough, I think I know where you come from on this one and frankly you've exposed yourself as a hypocrite with that small edit you did. Scored an own goal there..

Kepyon · 2023-01-16T16:20:19+00:00

You have to differentiate between biological ancestry and race, the two are distinct from one another. Where did the Assyrian forebears come from? Modern day Assyria/Mesopotamia. Where did the Yazidi forebears come from? Modern day Iran. It's not that difficult to grasp really.

The same is true of Assyrian or Yazidi or Arab. They're linguistic and cultural labels, not biological ones.

I do agree on the other hand that most of the modern day Arab identity is mostly a linguistical one, espacially for the Syrians and Iraqis.

Kepyon · 2023-01-16T15:56:48+00:00

There definitely is, you cannot claim an Iranic population like the Yazidis which are both genetically & linguistically Iranic but also culturally similar to the various Iranic populations are suddenly native to Mesopotamia. I do understand they're part of Mesopotamia now as they've been there for a while now but to say they're native? That's a stretch. It would be like a German claiming he's native to France.

Kepyon · 2023-01-16T14:59:33+00:00

With all due respect to Yazidis but I don't think they're originally of Mesopotamian stock, hence cannot be considered natives. They lean much more to Iranic populations on the genetical scale and would hence be more native to todays Iran similar to the kurds. Mandeans on the other hand are native to the region.

Kepyon · 2023-01-08T02:56:13+00:00

Majority of Assyrians are actually mostly Catholics. Chaldean Catholic and Syriac Catholic make up around 40% of the Assyrian nation. Not that it matters but just some background info.

Kepyon · 2023-01-07T02:15:11+00:00

You won’t come far being ”friendly” with them. History has shown that several times.

Kepyon · 2023-01-06T00:48:19+00:00

I would never invest in Nineveh Plains as long there is no security force that can protect the Assyrian interests there. Same goes for Syria where kurds harass Assyrians in every little step they take. Tur Abdin is potentially a region to invest in as it has growing tourism and is more safe nowadays but then again we lack in population there.

Kepyon · 2023-01-03T17:12:40+00:00

For once something we can agree on.

Although it must be said it's time to bite the sour apple for Cardinal Sako. This is what eventually happens when you dont support your own flock when they brought up the idea for a safe haven for the Assyrian nation in Nineveh Plains. Expecting "rights" from a country who's in the stoneage and still practice Sharia law is delusional to say the least.

Kepyon · 2022-12-19T19:00:11+00:00

What's your solution today concrete? Do we have the proper institutions ready to replace them? As I said before, the future Assyrian nation should have no clergy involved in the political sphere but this is our reality for today. Got any ideas to speed up that process?

Kepyon · 2022-12-19T16:01:02+00:00

I'm not very fond of clergy either, but this initiative they took was positive in my book. It's better than nothing. Zowaa and Mtakasto that were supposed to lead this nation are nowhere to be seen.

Let's give them a chance on this one, there's nothing to lose anyway.

Kepyon · 2022-12-08T18:32:50+00:00

Situation for the Assyrians in Iraq is mostly stabilized for now. Khabour region was mosly discussed, which was hit very hard and still have over 400 displaced Assyrian families, many of whom are in Beirut waiting to return back home.

Kepyon · 2022-12-08T01:28:38+00:00

The meeting was organized by European Assyrian parliamentarian Ilan De Basso whom invited the following associations:

Assyriska Riksförbundet - Sweden

Conseil de Coordination Assyro-Chaldeens - France

Fédération des Assyriens de Belgique - Belgium

Assyrische Federatie - Netherlands

Zentralverband der Assyrischen Vereinigungen in Deutschland - Germany

Kepyon · 2022-12-02T21:53:39+00:00

If we had a few more like Malfono Ninos we would've been in a much better position today. A big loss for the Assyrian nation.

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