Following the closure of the Anatolian Arab Unity Movement Association in the Midyat district of Mardin, the Mardin Syriac Unity Association has been dissolved on the grounds that the word 'unity' and the concept of 'Co-presidency' in the association's constitution contravened the law. Association president Yuhanna Aktaş said the decision was a political one, and that they would appeal, and if they could not get redress would go to the European Court of Human Rights.

The Mardin Syriac Unity Association was closed down at the first hearing in the Mardin no. 2 Court of First Instance in a case initiated after a complaint by the Midyat District Governor's office regarding the concept 'Co-presidency' and the word 'unity'. The association was closed down on the same day, 31 March, as the Anatolian Arab Unity Movement Association in a different court. Yuhanna Aktaş said it was the first time a Syriac association had been closed down in Turkey. He said they had initially started a platform in 2002 and become an association last year. He added that the aim of the association had been to unite Assyrian-Syriacs, Chaldeans, Kurds and Arabs. He said Syriacs living in Turkey and abroad had been dismayed by this decision, which contravened the spirit of the resolution process. Aktaş said the decision would also discourage Syriacs from returning home, adding that 2015 marks the centenary of the genocide against Syriacs, and that while they were awaiting an apology from the state it had instead closed down their association.

Aktaş said they would appeal the court decision, and, if they could not obtain redress, would go to the European Court of Human Rights.