Syriac leader refuses to move patriarchate to Turkey

Echove Gouriye says the patriarchate holds Syriac population together in Syria. Vercihan Ziflioğlu vercihan.ziflioglu@hurriyet.com.tr ISTANBUL – Hürriyet Daily News 22/3/2012 The head of the Syriac Union Party in Syria stated his opposition to the relocation of the Syriac Orthodox Patriarchate in Damascus and the Syriac Catholic Patriarchate in Beirut back into Turkey.