Complex sentence: It was inhabited by the Syriac Aramaic Christians, Kurds and Armenians, but from 1979 most of the Christians fled the city, after the murder of Andreas Demir Lahdik, the Mayor of Kerburan at the time.
Split into simpler sentences: It was inhabited by the Syriac Aramaic Christians, Kurds and Armenians. But from 1979 most of the Christians fled the city, after the murder of Andreas Demir Lahdik, the Mayor of Kerburan at the time.