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Çukuryurt, Gercüş

Coordinates: 37°35′20″N 41°29′02″E / 37.589°N 41.484°E / 37.589; 41.484
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Çukuryurt
Çukuryurt is located in Turkey
Çukuryurt
Çukuryurt
Location in Turkey
Coordinates: 37°35′20″N 41°29′02″E / 37.589°N 41.484°E / 37.589; 41.484
CountryTurkey
ProvinceBatman
DistrictGercüş
Population
 (2021)[1]
478
Time zoneUTC+3 (TRT)

Çukuryurt (Kurdish: Binkelbê; Syriac: Ben-Kelbe)[2][nb 1] is a village in the Gercüş District of Batman Province in Turkey.[5] The village is populated by Kurds of the Arnas tribe and had a population of 478 in 2021.[1][6] It is located in the historical region of Tur Abdin.[7]

The hamlet of Tutumlu is attached to the village.[5]

History

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Ben-Kelbe (today called Çukuryurt) has been tentatively identified with the village of Bar Kalbe mentioned in the Life of Simeon of the Olives (d. 734).[8] In 1915, it was inhabited by 30 or 35 Assyrian families.[9] The village served as the residence of two feuding Kurdish clan leaders, Izzeddin, chief of the Tammero clan, and Shamdin from the clan of Hasan Shamdin, with the village's Assyrian population also divided in their allegiances between the two.[10] Amidst the Sayfo, Izzeddin and Shamdin escorted their respective closest Assyrian allies and their families to safety at ‘Ayn-Wardo whilst those who were left behind at Ben-Kelbe were killed.[10] There were 125 Kurdish-speaking Christians at Ben-Kelbe in 1966.[4] By 1979/1980, there were no remaining Assyrians at the village.[11]

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Notes

  1. ^ Alternatively transliterated as Bankalbo, Bēṯkälbe, Benkalbē, Benkelbe, Binkelb, Binkēlbe, or Binkelbe.[3] Nisba: Binkēlbī.[4]

Citations

  1. ^ a b "31 ARALIK 2021 TARİHLİ ADRESE DAYALI NÜFUS KAYIT SİSTEMİ (ADNKS) SONUÇLARI" (XLS). TÜİK (in Turkish). Retrieved 16 December 2022.
  2. ^ Gaunt (2006), p. 2006.
  3. ^ Barsoum (2008), p. 15; Palmer (1990), p. xx; Courtois (2004), p. 226; Atto (2011), p. 174; Ritter (1967), p. 11.
  4. ^ a b Ritter (1967), p. 11.
  5. ^ a b "Türkiye Mülki İdare Bölümleri Envanteri". T.C. İçişleri Bakanlığı (in Turkish). Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  6. ^ Tan (2018), p. 177.
  7. ^ Barsoum (2008), p. 15.
  8. ^ Talmon-Heller & Cytryn-Silverman (2014), p. 81.
  9. ^ Gaunt (2006), p. 210; Courtois (2004), p. 226.
  10. ^ a b Gaunt (2006), p. 210.
  11. ^ Atto (2011), p. 174.

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