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Title:Good Times in Army
Qustan217
Documentation of the Beth Qustan Dialect of the Central Neo-Aramaic language, Turoyo
Contributor (consultant):Iskender Demirel
Coverage:Germany
Date:2016-08-31
Description:Iskender tells us that he was put in a 4 month Turkish language course when he did his army in 1972. He was then installed as a guard for 4 months alongside Russian soldiers. He was practicing his Turkish language when he was a guard and he learned how to write letters. He was then returned to his base which was near the Black Sea. He even once had the opportunity to go and swim in the sea. Iskender says that he was very happy in the army and that he did not face any difficulties due to his religion.
The Beth Qustan dialect of the Central Neo-Aramaic, Turoyo, which is the language of Tur 'Abdin, South Eastern Turkey, with an estimated 20 families remaining in the village.This project will document socio-cultural practices of the Turoyo speaking community in Tur 'Abdin, focusing on vernacular tales, particularly those that demonstrate cultural interaction between Muslims and Christians, including Muslim visitations to the shrines of Christian saints, and consultation of soothsayers by Christians.
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Iskender was born in the village of Beth Qustan in 1952 and immegrated to Germany in 1976.
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Identifier:oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI1045321
IPF0244
Identifier (URI):https://lat1.lis.soas.ac.uk/ds/asv?openpath=MPI1045321%23
Publisher:Mikael Oez
SOAS, University of London
Subject:Narrative
Turoyo language
English language
Subject (ISO639):tru
eng
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Archive:  Endangered Languages Archive
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OaiIdentifier:  oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI1045321
DateStamp:  2017-03-08
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Citation: Iskender Demirel (consultant). 2016-08-31. Mikael Oez.
Terms: area_Asia area_Europe country_GB country_TR iso639_eng iso639_tru

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