Despite being one of the oldest communities of Mesopotamia, the social belonging of the Syriacs, who are living under different governments, scattered in various geographies due to the conditions of World War I and the political developments thereafter, has been shaped in accordance with different social, cultural and political conditions. This study, through the lens of political sociology, has endeavored to understand how Syriacs construct different identity strategies and negotiate their relations with the government and other local people today based on these strategies by addressing the social and political conditions of the places that ground and shape Syriac identity, as well as the problems that arise under these conditions.

The findings of the field research conducted between February 7, 2022 and February 10, 2023 reveal that Syriac identity is constructed by feeding on different collective memories. According to these findings, the reason for the formation of these memories is the fact that the idea of a nation-state that enables the elimination of different cultural and ideological belongings among Syriacs has not yet been constructed. This situation has enabled the debates about the origin and collective name of the Syriacs to continue to the present day and even turn into a kind of political power struggle. Therefore, this study attempts to understand how Syriac identity strategies were constructed and to interpret why individuals adopt these strategies today.