Tur Abdin
It was estimated in 2016 that there were 10,000 Syriac Orthodox in Turkey, with most living in Istanbul. The Tur Abdin region is an historical stronghold of Orthodox Syriacs. Prior to the 1970s and the Kurdish–Turkish conflict the Tur Abdin region was the epicenter of the Syriac population of Turkey, with 50-70,000 Assyrians and Syriacs being recorded as living there prior to their exodus. As of 2012 2,400 live in Tur Abdin, although it might be around 3-5,000 now due to refugees from Iraq and Syria settling there, and Syriacs from the diaspora gradually returning.