It must humbly be admitted on the part of the Turkishsocial scientist that very little is known in Turkey about theso-called Suryoyo (or Assyrian, or Süryani) question. The "question" has rarely been raised, if at ali, in the past, and literatüreconcerning this minority group and its problems is virtuallynon-existent. The average Turkish scholar then, is quite ignoranton the subject, let alone the "man on the street."