Çığır, İdil

Village in Şırnak Province, Turkey

Village in Şırnak, Turkey
37°09′40″N 41°44′24″E / 37.161°N 41.740°E / 37.161; 41.740CountryTurkeyProvinceŞırnakDistrictİdilPopulation
 (2021)[1]
1,878Time zoneUTC+3 (TRT)

Çığır (Kurdish: Serkanî,[2] Syriac: Serkani)[nb 1] is a village in the İdil District of Şırnak Province in Turkey.[4] The village is populated by Kurds of the Botikan tribe and had a population of 1,878 in 2021.[1][2]

The hamlet of Gültepe is attached to Çığır.[4]

History

Serkani (today called Çığır) was historically inhabited by Syriac Orthodox Assyrians.[3] It was inhabited by 200 Assyrians in 1914, according to the Assyro-Chaldean delegation to the Paris Peace Conference.[5]

References

Notes

  1. ^ Alternatively transliterated as Serkan or Srganée.[3]

Citations

  1. ^ a b "31 ARALIK 2021 TARİHLİ ADRESE DAYALI NÜFUS KAYIT SİSTEMİ (ADNKS) SONUÇLARI" (XLS). TÜİK (in Turkish). Retrieved 16 December 2022.
  2. ^ a b Tan (2018), p. 165.
  3. ^ a b Jongerden & Verheij (2012), p. 325.
  4. ^ a b "Türkiye Mülki İdare Bölümleri Envanteri". T.C. İçişleri Bakanlığı (in Turkish). Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  5. ^ Gaunt (2006), p. 425.

Bibliography

  • 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). p. 165. ISBN 9789944360944.
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