Sürgücü, Savur
Sürgücü | |
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  Sürgücü Location in Turkey | |
| Coordinates: 37°34′52″N 40°44′13″E / 37.581°N 40.737°E | |
| Country | Turkey |
| Province | Mardin |
| District | Savur |
| Population (2022) | 2,379 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (TRT) |
Sürgücü (Kurdish: Ewîna; Syriac: Awina)[1][nb 1] is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of Savur, Mardin Province, Turkey.[3] Its population is 2,379 (2022).[4] Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town (belde).[5][6] It is populated by Kurds of the Surgucu tribe.[7] It is located in the historic region of Tur Abdin.[1]
History
[edit]Awina (today called Sürgücü) was historically inhabited by Syriac Orthodox Assyrians.[8] The kaza of Awina in the sanjak of Mardin in the Diyarbekir vilayet was named after the village although the administrative seat was at Savur.[9] The Chaldean Catholic priest Joseph Tfinkdji estimated the village's population as 600 in 1914, including 60 Chaldean Catholics and Armenian Catholics, who did not have a priest, church, or school, whilst the rest of the population was Muslim.[10] In 1914, it was populated by 100 Assyrians, as per the list presented to the Paris Peace Conference by the Assyro-Chaldean delegation.[11] The Christians at Awina were massacred on 1 June 1915 amidst the Sayfo.[12]
References
[edit]Notes
Citations
- ^ a b Barsoum (2008), p. 16.
- ^ Jongerden & Verheij (2012), p. 324; Gaunt (2006), pp. 244, 424; Courtois (2004), p. 5; Yacoub (2016), p. 117.
- ^ Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
- ^ "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
- ^ "Law No. 6360". Official Gazette (in Turkish). 6 December 2012.
- ^ "Classification tables of municipalities and their affiliates and local administrative units" (DOC). Official Gazette (in Turkish). 12 September 2010.
- ^ Tan (2018), p. 283.
- ^ Jongerden & Verheij (2012), p. 324.
- ^ Yacoub (2016), p. 117; Courtois (2004), p. 5.
- ^ Courtois (2004), p. 72.
- ^ Gaunt (2006), p. 424.
- ^ Gaunt (2006), p. 244.
Bibliography
[edit]- Barsoum, Aphrem (2008). The History of Tur Abdin. Translated by Matti Moosa. Gorgias Press. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
- 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.
- Yacoub, Joseph (2016). Year of the Sword: The Assyrian Christian Genocide, A History. Translated by James Ferguson. Oxford University Press.