People have no idea about Syrians and therefore I want to enlighten you a little more.
Syrian society is a multicultural people based on Assyrian civilization.
75% of the population are Sunni Muslims, 10% are Nusayri, 10% are Christian and 3% are Druse. 65% of Sunni Muslims are Arab, the rest are from other races. in this respect, compared with 98% of the population consisting of Muslims in Turkey they are more open and has a more composite structure. There are also church organizations that have been standing in Syria for thousands of years, and they have been standing since the time of Jesus. there are even regions where Jesus' mother tongue Aramaic is used as the official language.
The Syrian people in this composition feel close themselves to western civilization more than Turkish civilization.
If you need to compare, during the Iraq war numbers exceeding one million Iraqis people moved to Turkey and then majority returned back to Irak. Because neither Sunni Arab and Kurdish groups that they felt themselves not belong to Turkey or Europe. They returned to Iraq because they were not happy.
The Syrian people are not like that. Even in Erdogan secular regime, is feeling restless even in this country and trying to move to Europe, where they feel closer to their own culture. This is why they do not mingle with the Turkish people. They don't do this themselves. they clearly feel closer to German, French and Italian cultures. I am sure they find even Greek culture primitive.
These people flee from the barbarians who have occupied their country, and Europe turns them its back. A huge mistake!
Perhaps they thought of such a way to move west as the new generation apostles-followers. maybe everything is a fiction created by themselve and they have preferred this way. This is not a joke. This is the people universalized christianity with moving north to Turkey-Rome-Europe path. They are real follovers, original followers. Maybe the time is all we meet them. Who knows?
Treat them well. Then that you may meet Jesus maybe still lives among them or relatives of Jesus! This is not a joke either, both is possible.
Syrians have some "
Core Concepts". Those concepts are
Honour
Sincerity
Generosity
Sensitivity
Tolerance
Fatalism
SurvivalIn this respect, Syrians are not a people who love to fight. Because they do not like to fight, their countries have been occupied throughout history and numerous civilizations have come and gone.
IdentificationSyria is the name that was given to the region by the Greeks and Romans and probably derives from the Babylonian suri. Arabs traditionally referred to Syria and a large, vaguely defined surrounding area as Sham, which translates as "the northern region," "the north," "Syria," or "Damascus." Arabs continued to refer to the area as Sham up until the twentieth century. That name still is used to refer to the entire area of Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, and the West Bank and has become a symbol of Arab unity.
Location and Geography. Syria borders Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east, Israel and Jordan to the south, and Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the west. It is 71,000 square miles (183,900 square kilometers) in area.
Importance of Syrian Heritage
Syria is home to some of the oldest, most advanced civilisations in the world. The area saw our evolution – for example, at Latamne, which is between 800 – 500,000 years old, stone tools and possibly even early hearths were identified – hundreds of thousands of years before modern humans existed (120,000 years ago). 10,000 years ago, the first crops and cattle were domesticated: the subsequent settlement gave rise to the first city states, such as Ebla and Mari. Writing developed there, and the creation of literary epics, art, sculpture, and the expansion of trade soon followed.
Located at the crossroads of the Mediterranean, the land that would become modern Syria faced the rise of the great Southern empires emerging from Ur, Bablyon, Assur, Akkad and Sumer. From the East came the Persians, the Mongols, and the Arabs; from the North the Hittites; and from the West, the Greeks, the Romans the Byzantines, and eventually the Crusading forces of the Kings of Europe. Nomadic tribes, known from the Christian Bible, such as the Canaanites and Arameans, came, conquered, and settled. Syria was ultimately absorbed into the Ottoman Empire, passed to French control after World War I, and finally achieved independence following World War II.
ReligionReligion, too, left its mark. Abraham, father of the Jewish nation, pastured sheep on the hill of Aleppo and gave the city its Arabic name – Halab. The Christian story of the conversion of Saul to Paul the Apostle occurred in Damascus, and in 2010 mass was still held in the house he reputedly inhabited almost 2,000 years ago. The head of the John the Baptist, cousin of Jesus, is said to be enshrined in the Great Mosque in Damascus. The village Maloula is amongst the last places in the world where Aramaic, the language spoken at the time of Jesus, can still be heard – part of a living, breathing, spoken history. Khalid ibn al-Walid, companion to the Prophet Muhammad, founder of Islam, is buried in Homs in his namesake mosque. Muhammad’s successors left a legacy of beautiful mosques: several are now part of World Heritage sites.
Daily life and social customsThe family is the heart of Syrian social life. Frequent visits and exchanges of invitations for meals among family members are integral to daily living. Although formally arranged marriages are becoming less frequent, parents ordinarily wield decisive authority in approving or rejecting a match. Marriage to members of one’s religion are the norm; Muslim men may marry non-Muslim women, although the reverse is prohibited; interdenominational marriages among Christians are legal but require permission from both denominations. Neighbourly relations and friendships among members of different religions are common in Syrian cities.
A visible expression of Syria’s cultural eclecticism is demonstrated in its range of clothing styles: while some women choose the latest European fashions, others are completely veiled; older men in traditional black baggy trousers contrast with youths sporting Western styles.
Syrian Muslims observe the major religious holidays of Ramadan, ʿĪd al-Fiṭr (“Festival of Breaking Fast,” marking the end of Ramadan) and ʿĪd al-Aḍḥā (“Festival of the Sacrifice,” marking the culmination of the annual pilgrimage to Mecca). Syrian Christians freely celebrate the holidays of the Christian tradition, including Christmas and Easter.
A bazaar in Damascus:
Let's talk a little briefly about these civilizations.
CIVILIZATIONS HISTORYThe history of Syria begins with the history of humanity and continues with the famous Canaan country in the Mesopotamian period. Syria is more than half of
Canaan Country with today's Israel and Lebanon.
then we see that the country was captured by the mitanni kingdom. in this process he left the country of Canaan. But Damascus still is a part of Canaan.
It is seen that the country was divided into four parts between 1500 BC and 1000 BC. Moab, Mesopotamia, Phoenicians, and Neo Hittite Kingdoms.
The country was occupied by Persians for the next 500 years.
After the Pers, their countries were captured by the Seleucid Kingdom instead. 300 years passed in this way.
During the Roman empire, they came under Roman rule first and then completely. this period is about 700 years in total, between BC200 and CE500.
We see that they were included in the country of the caliph during the caliphate.
They were included in the Ayyubis during the period of the Ayyubis taking control the places of caliphate. 750-1215 CE
Later they were seized from time to time by the Mamelukes and Karakoyunlu states, till Ottoman comes. 1215-1453
They lived under the Ottoman empire for the next nearly 450 years till 1914 Ottoman Empire collapsed.
They lived together with Egypt for a long time until 1960, as a semi-independent state under the control of the British.
They gained their independence in the 1960s and lived comfortabled for about 50 years for the first time in human history .
With the events that started in 2011, the situation between 2012 and 2016 is approximately as follows.
Here the black region is occupied by the American Zionist ISIS.
We see many different groups supported by many countries between 2016-2018. Those groups cooperated countries are named here the USA, Turkey, France, Russia, Iran, Hezbollah (Lebanon), Israel and Lafarge Company State*.
In the ongoing wars since 2018, we see that the Syrian Army and Kurdish groups have achieved control in the majority of the country. here in the region with two different colors under control by Turkey , and in the area shown in black and seem to southern controlled under USA base. Apressure by Iran and Russia pressure to Turkey and the USA to abandon this place of power is maintained, recently. however, the United States and its allies like "ISIS, Hayat Tahrir Sham, Jais al İslam, blabla groups" have declared that they will not leave this region until the last moment to they will try their chance to realize American Zionist policies.
Number of Syrians in Turkey in nearly 5 million still unhappy and they were trying to cross Europe to leave this country.
What happened actually:
source:wikileaks
A camp in Turkey:
What westerners expect the Syrians are coming:
An unhappy Syrian actually:
Syrian Immigrants:
Sources:
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https://culturalatlas.sbs.com.au/syrian-culture/syrian-culture-core-concepts2-
https://www.everyculture.com/Sa-Th/Syria.html3-
https://www.britannica.com/place/Syria/Daily-life-and-social-customs4-
https://www.iexplore.com/articles/travel-guides/middle-east/syria/history-and-culture5-
https://www.heritageforpeace.org/syria-culture-and-heritage/6-
https://www.shutterstock.com/tr/search/syrian+culture7- https: Open sources
8- wikileaks