Günyurdu, Nusaybin
Günyurdu | |
|---|---|
  Günyurdu Location in Turkey | |
| Coordinates: 37°08′20″N 41°27′14″E / 37.139°N 41.454°E | |
| Country | Turkey |
| Province | Mardin |
| District | Nusaybin |
| Population (2021)[1] | 102 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (TRT) |
Günyurdu (Kurdish: Merbabê, Syriac: Mār Bōbo)[2][nb 1] is a village in the municipality and district of Nusaybin, Mardin Province in Turkey.[4] The village is populated by Assyrians and by Kurds of the Mizizex tribe. It had a population of 102 in 2021.[1][5][6] It is located in the Raite Forest on the slopes of Mount Izla.[7]
History
[edit]The Syriac Catholic bishop Gabriel Tappouni recorded that Mār Bōbo (today called Günyurdu) was inhabited by 300 Assyrians in 50 families and were served by two priests in 1913.[8] In 1914, there were 400 Assyrians, as per the list presented to the Paris Peace Conference by the Assyro-Chaldean delegation.[9] They adhered to the Syriac Orthodox Church.[10] It was owned by Sarohan, chief of a subsection of the Haverkan tribe.[11] Amidst the Sayfo, Assyrian refugees from the village of Tel-Aryawon were granted refuge at Mār Bōbo by Sarohan, who subsequently escorted the Assyrians from both villages to Beth-Debe, where they survived the genocide.[12]
There were 410 Turoyo-speaking Christians in 57 families at Mār Bōbo in 1966.[2] In 1995, the village's population of 150 families was forcibly evicted by the Turkish army as part of the Kurdish–Turkish conflict and many emigrated abroad to Germany or Switzerland.[13] Mār Bōbo lay abandoned until it was resettled and rebuilt by eight Assyrian families in 2003.[5][13]
Demography
[edit]The following is a list of the number of Assyrian families that have inhabited Mār Bōbo per year stated. Unless otherwise stated, all figures are from the list provided in Eastern Christianity, Theological Reflection on Religion, Culture, and Politics in the Holy Land and Christian Encounter with Islam and the Muslim World, as noted in the bibliography below.[14][nb 2]
- 1966: 57
- 1979: 67
- 1981: 38
- 1987: 28
- 1995: 0
- 2013: 12–13[15]
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.
- ^ a b c Ritter (1967), p. 14.
- ^ Jongerden & Verheij (2012), pp. 249, 325; Palmer (1990), p. 264; Ritter (1967), p. 14; Courtois (2004), p. 42.
- ^ Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
- ^ a b "Turkey´s ancient Christians seek to resettle villages". Hyetert. 3 June 2004. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
- ^ Tan, Altan (2018). "Harita 2: Turabidin ve Berriyê mıntıkalarında yer alan aşiretlerin sınırları ile il, ilçe, köy ve mezralar" [Map 2: The borders of the tribes and provinces, districts, villages and hamlets in the Turabidin and Berriyê regions] (Map). Turabidin'den Berriyê'ye : Aşiretler Dinler Diller Kültürler (in Turkish). Istanbul: Nûbihar.
- ^ Bcheiry (2010), p. 77; Jongerden & Verheij (2012), p. 249.
- ^ Courtois (2004), p. 42.
- ^ Gaunt (2006), p. 425.
- ^ Jongerden & Verheij (2012), p. 325.
- ^ Gaunt (2006), p. 238.
- ^ Gaunt (2006), pp. 238, 263.
- ^ a b "The road home". Al Jazeera. 19 April 2003. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
- ^ a b Brock (2021), p. 167.
- ^ Courtois (2013), p. 148.
Bibliography
[edit]- Bcheiry, Iskandar (2010). Collection of Historical Documents in Relation with the Syriac Orthodox Community in the Late Period of the Ottoman Empire. Gorgias Press.
- Brock, Sebastian (2021). "The Syrian Orthodox Church in the twentieth century". Eastern Christianity, Theological Reflection on Religion, Culture, and Politics in the Holy Land and Christian Encounter with Islam and the Muslim World (PDF). Living Stones of the Holy Land Trust. pp. 155–181. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
- Courtois, Sébastien de (2004). The Forgotten Genocide: Eastern Christians, The Last Arameans. Translated by Vincent Aurora. Gorgias Press.
- Courtois, Sébastien de (2013). "Tur Abdin : Réflexions sur l'état présent descommunautés syriaques du Sud-Est de la Turquie,mémoire, exils, retours". Cahier du Gremmamo (in French). 21: 113–150.
- 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.
- Palmer, Andrew (1990). Monk and Mason on the Tigris Frontier: The Early History of Tur Abdin. Cambridge University Press. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
- Ritter, Hellmut (1967). Turoyo: Die Volkssprache der Syrischen Christen des Tur 'Abdin (in German). Vol. 1. Franz Steiner Verlag.