Yakup tells us that he moved and lived in Midyat for ten years before he immigrated to Germany. His fellow villager tried to convince him not to move, but he insisted for the sake of jobs in the city. The Beth Qustan dialect of the Central Neo-Aramaic, Turoyo, which is the language of Tur 'Abdin, South Eastern Turkey, with an estimated 20 families remaining in the village.This project will document socio-cultural practices of the Turoyo speaking community in Tur 'Abdin, focusing on vernacular tales, particularly those that demonstrate cultural interaction between Muslims and Christians, including Muslim visitations to the shrines of Christian saints, and consultation of soothsayers by Christians. ... Yakup was born in the village of Beth Qustan in 1935 and immegrated to Germany in 1974.