Taw Mim Semkath ( Syriac : ܬܡܣ '' T.M.S. '' , originally ܒܝܬ ܝܬܡܐ ܕܐܬܘܪܝܐ ܒܩܝܠܝܩܝܐ '' Beth Yatme d-Othuroye b-Qiliqiya '' ) , also known as Assyrian National School Association ( ANSA ) after its founding organisation , is an Assyrian school and orphanage that opened in Adana in 1919 for orphaned Assyrian children who survived the Assyrian genocide . The Assyrian National School Association , established in Stirling , New Jersey in 1899 by Assyrian immigrants from Diyarbakir who fled the massacre in 1895 , founded the school with help from the French High Commissioner . The Syriac Orthodox bishop Yuhanon Dolabani was an important figure at the school , contributing a lot with teaching and organizing . In 1921 , the school was closed by the Turkish authorities and moved to Beirut , Lebanon , where it is still running
Assyrian genocide
Assyrian genocide
Taw Mim Semkath