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<p>Our understanding of the situation is that legal changes to local government structures
in Mardin, where many important Assyrian religious sites are found, resulted in 2012
in the transfer of the title deeds to some religious sites from local bodies to central
government, and eventually to the Government's Directorate for Religious Affairs.
Assyrian organisations are making legal appeals against these decisions. The British
Embassy in Ankara will be closely following this process. We strongly support religious
freedom in Turkey and have supported civil society organisations working in this area.</p>
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