Current status thumb|A warning sign in Mardin, Turkey: Syriac Turkish 'Silence, please') 'Please! Let's be quiet!' Revivals of literary Syriac in recent times have led to some success with the creation of newspapers in written Syriac ( ') similar to the use of Modern Standard Arabic has been employed since the early decades of the 20th century. Modern forms of literary Syriac have also been used not only in religious literature but also in secular genres, often with Assyrian nationalistic themes.
current status thumb|a warning sign in mardin turkey syriac turkish 'silence please') 'please let's be quiet' revivals of literary syriac in recent times have led to some success with the creation of newspapers in written syriac ( ') similar to the use of modern standard arabic has been employed since the early decades of the 20th century modern forms of literary syriac have also been used not only in religious literature but also in secular genres often with assyrian nationalistic themes