According to oral tradition , the village Kafro Tahtayto has its origins even before the birth of Christ . In the Assyrian genocide , the entire population of the village fled to the Mor Malke Monastery and Mor Elijah Monastery in Ehwo , so it temporarily stood empty . Afterwards the population slowly came back . The area was fully populated and things were peaceful until the 1980s , when the fighting between Kurds and the Turkish military broke out in southeastern Turkey . Due to the war , many residents migrated to Western Europe , where most continue to reside . In the early 2000s several Assyrians came back to the region with money earned in Europe , which they used to build large houses or renovate their old ones
Assyrian genocide
Assyrian genocide
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