ANKARA -- A Swedish parliament deputy of Assyrian origin will attend a hearing Friday for a land dispute between a 1,600-year-old monastery and locals in the southeastern Anatolian town of Midyat, populated by about 3,000 Assyrians.

'Assyrians part of Turkey' "I hope a fair verdict will be delivered and the case will be resolved within Turkey's legal system, so that the country's image is not harmed in Europe," Yılmaz Kerimo told the H