Father Samuel (Père Samuel) is a Belgian Roman Catholic Priest of Turkish origin. His passport gives his name as Charles-Clément Boniface. However, he was born in 1942 in Bağlarbaşı (Arnas) nearby Midyat, Turkey, as Samuel Ozdemir. The latter is a surname the priest dislikes because it was imposed on his family by the Turks. Samuel is a Christian: “At home we spoke Aramaic, the language of Jesus.”
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