Cevizağacı, Beytüşşebap
Cevizağacı | |
|---|---|
  Cevizağacı Location in Turkey | |
| Coordinates: 37°36′04″N 43°06′22″E / 37.601°N 43.106°E | |
| Country | Turkey |
| Province | Şırnak |
| District | Beytüşşebap |
| Population (2023)[1] | 79 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (TRT) |
Cevizağacı (Classical Syriac: ܓܙܐ ܕܢܘܚ, romanized: Gazzā d-Noḥ, lit. 'Noah's Treasure',[2] Syriac: Gaznakh, Kurdish: Geznex)[3] is a village in the Beytüşşebap District of Şırnak Province in Turkey.[4] The village is populated by Assyrians who adhere to the Chaldean Catholic Church and had a population of 79 in 2023.[1][5][6]
Cevizağacı is situated at the foot of the Kato mountain.[7]
History
[edit]The village was populated by Assyrians but abandoned by the 1990s when the whole population bar, the muhtar migrated to Belgium. Three families had by the early 2010s resettled in the village.[7] In 2019, it was reported that eight families had returned to the village.[8]
In August 2022, Mamxûran Kurds from neighboring villages returned land in the village to the returning Assyrians peacefully after having seized the land after its abandonment.[9]
Population
[edit]Population history from 2007 to 2023:[1]
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 23 | — |
| 2010 | 42 | +82.6% |
| 2015 | 69 | +64.3% |
| 2020 | 76 | +10.1% |
| 2023 | 79 | +3.9% |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Population Of Municipalities, Villages And Quarters". TÜİK. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
- ^ Ariel, Gutman (2015). "Some Features of the Gaznax Dialect (South-East Turkey)". Gorgias Neo-Aramaic Studies. 14. Gorgias Press: 305. ISBN 978-1-4632-0410-5.
- ^ Baz, Ibrahim (2016). Şırnak aşiretleri ve kültürü (in Turkish). p. 30. ISBN 9786058849631.
- ^ "Türkiye Mülki İdare Bölümleri Envanteri". T.C. İçişleri Bakanlığı (in Turkish). Retrieved 19 December 2022.
- ^ Peter Alfred, Andrews; Benninghaus, Rüdiger, eds. (1989). Ethnic Groups in the Republic of Turkey. p. 384.
- ^ Baz, Ibrahim (2016). Şırnak aşiretleri ve kültürü (in Turkish). p. 30. ISBN 9786058849631.
- ^ a b Baz, Ibrahim (2016). Şırnak aşiretleri ve kültürü (in Turkish). p. 428. ISBN 9786058849631.
- ^ "Terörden temizlenen köylerinde kilise inşa ediyorlar". Daily Sabah (in Turkish). 11 July 2019. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
- ^ "Şırnak'ta 15 yıllık arazi davası barış yemeğiyle son buldu". medyatopic (in Turkish). 7 August 2022. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
Further reading
[edit]- Yaramis, Zackarie (2010). Gaznakh, nid des civilisations (in French). Transversales Éditions.