Kırkdirek, Savur
Kırkdirek | |
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  Kırkdirek Location in Turkey | |
| Coordinates: 37°40′30″N 40°43′37″E / 37.675°N 40.727°E | |
| Country | Turkey |
| Province | Mardin |
| District | Savur |
| Population (2021)[1] | 289 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (TRT) |
Kırkdirek (Kurdish: Çilstûn or Kirdilek)[nb 1] is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Savur, Mardin Province in Turkey.[3] The village is populated by Kurds of the Surgucu tribe and had a population of 289 in 2021.[1][4]
History
[edit]Kirdilek (today called Kırkdirek) was historically inhabited by Syriac Orthodox Assyrians.[5] There were also some Catholics.[6] There were ten Armenian families at Kirdilek when it was visited by Reverend George Percy Badger in 1850.[7] It was populated by 100 Assyrians in 1914, according to the list presented to the Paris Peace Conference by the Assyro-Chaldean delegation.[8]
References
[edit]Notes
Citations
- ^ a b "31 ARALIK 2021 TARİHLİ ADRESE DAYALI NÜFUS KAYIT SİSTEMİ (ADNKS) SONUÇLARI" (XLS). TÜİK (in Turkish). Retrieved 16 December 2022.
- ^ Jongerden & Verheij (2012), p. 324; Courtois (2004), pp. 9, 72.
- ^ Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
- ^ Tan (2018), p. 283.
- ^ Jongerden & Verheij (2012), p. 324.
- ^ Courtois (2004), p. 72.
- ^ Badger (1852), p. 53.
- ^ Gaunt (2006), p. 424.
Bibliography
[edit]- Badger, George Percy (1852). The Nestorians and Their Rituals: With the Narrative of a Mission to Mesopotamia and Coordistan in 1842-1844, and of a Late Visit to Those Countries in 1850; Also, Researches Into the Present Condition of the Syrian Jacobites, Papal Syrians, and Chaldeans, and an Inquiry Into the Religious Tenets of the Yezeedees. Vol. 1. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
- Courtois, Sébastien de (2004). The Forgotten Genocide: Eastern Christians, The Last Arameans. Translated by Vincent Aurora. Gorgias Press.
- Gaunt, David (2006). Massacres, Resistance, Protectors: Muslim-Christian Relations in Eastern Anatolia during World War I. Gorgias Press. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
- Jongerden, Joost; Verheij, Jelle (2012). Social Relations in Ottoman Diyarbekir, 1870-1915. Brill.
- Tan, Altan (2018). Turabidin'den Berriye'ye. Aşiretler - Dinler - Diller - Kültürler (in Turkish). Pak Ajans Yayincilik Turizm Ve Diş Ticaret Limited şirketi. ISBN 9789944360944.