Gercüş

Coordinates: 37°33′59″N 41°23′04″E / 37.56639°N 41.38444°E / 37.56639; 41.38444
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Gercüş
Gercüş is located in Turkey
Gercüş
Gercüş
Coordinates: 37°33′59″N 41°23′04″E / 37.56639°N 41.38444°E / 37.56639; 41.38444
Country Turkey
ProvinceBatman
Government
 • MayorAbdulkerim Kaya (BDP)
 • KaymakamTarkan Keskin
Area
[1]
 • District826.04 km2 (318.94 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)
 • Total19,304
Websitewww.gercus.bel.tr

Gercüş (Kurdish: Kercews/Kercoz,[2][3] Classical Syriac: ܟܦܪ ܓܘ̈ܙܐ, romanized: Kfar Gawze"[4]) is a town and districtinf Batman Provinceofn Turkey. The mayor is Abdulkerim Kaya (BDP).

History

The town of Gercus is said to be built by a wealthy Roman soldier named "Gawson" who named the village after him.[5] The town was formerly populated by Assyrians but mainly Kurds from the Kercoz tribe live in the town today.[6]

Demographics

List of town and village by ethnicity and tribe:

Settlement Ethnicity
Gercüş Kurdish (Kercoz)[7]
Akburç (Kelehê) Kurdish (Kercoz)[7]
Akyar (Mervanîye) Kurdish (Kercoz)[7]
Ardıç (Xerbehêmercîya)
Ardıçlı (Ecibê) Kurdish (Habezbeni)[8]
Arıca (Kefrê) Assyrian and Kurdish (Kercoz)[7]
Aydınca (Sira) Kurdish (Basiqil)[9]
Aydınlı (Qamarînê) Kurdish (Hesar)[10]
Babnir (Babinnîr) Kurdish (Hesar)[10]
Bağlıca (Midêlbê) Kurdish (Habezbeni)[8]
Bağözü (Xiro) Kurdish (Habezbeni)[8]
Başarköy (Êdawa) Kurdish (Kercoz)[7]
Başova (Gullika) Kurdish (Kercoz)[7]
Becirman Kurdish (Alikan)[11]
Boğazköy (Bagasê) Kurdish (Hesar)[10]
Cevizli (Posinça) Kurdish (Basiqil)[9]
Çalışkan (Heştuvan) Kurdish (Basiqil)[9]
Çiçekli (Şiferê) Kurdish[12]
Çukuryurt (Binkelbê) Kurdish (Arnas)[13]
Dereiçi (Bilexşe) Kurdish (Seyîdan)[14]
Dereli (Êzdara) Kurdish (Basiqil)[9]
Doruk (Qesrik) Kurdish (Habezbeni)[8]
Düzmeşe (Havrê) Kurdish (Kercoz)[7]
Eymir (Çalan)
Geçit (Himêdîyê) Kurdish (Hesar)[10]
Gökçe (Mala Mihê) Kurdish (Habezbeni)[8]
Gökçepınar (Êsê) Kurdish (Dermemikan)[15]
Gönüllü (Derdile)
Gürbüz (Xirbeta) Kurdish (Kercoz)[7]
Güzelöz (Bêdarê) Kurdish (Alikan)[11]
Hisar (Hesar) Kurdish (Hesar)[10]
Kantar (Kantarê) Kurdish (Habezbeni)[16]
Karalan (Qarmut) Kurdish (Hesar)[10]
Kayalar (Barlatê) Kurdish (Raman)[17]
Kayapınar (Aynkaf) Arab and Kurdish (Habezbeni)[18]
Kesiksu (Narqatîn) Kurdish (Kercoz)[7]
Kırkat (Kirkat) Kurdish (Kercoz)[7]
Kışlak (Zivinge) Kurdish (Habezbeni)[8]
Koçak (Kerkinnê) Kurdish (Dermemikan)[15]
Kutlu (Batêrgiz) Kurdish (Seyîdan)[14]
Koyunlu (Baqolînê) Kurdish (Habezbeni)[8]
Kozlu (Cumeylînê) Kurdish (Raman)[17]
Kömürcü (Silêbînê) Kurdish (Hesar)[10]
Nurlu (Derkufan) Kurdish (Alikan)[11]
Özler (Îlozê) Kurdish (Kercoz)[7]
Poyraz (Berdahol) Kurdish (Basiqil)[9]
Rüzgarlı (Baglatê) Kurdish (Raman)[17]
Sargın (Peparê) Kurdish (Kercoz and Raman)[19]
Seki (Xerabê Bena, Xirbe) Kurdish (Seyîdan)[14]
Serinköy (Mercîya) Kurdish (Seyîdan)[14]
Taşçı (Basyatê) Kurdish (Hesar)[10]
Tepecik (Hoska) Kurdish (Habezbeni)[8]
Ulaş (Zêliyê) Kurdish (Dermemikan)[15]
Yakıtlı (Hermeyse) Kurdish (Alikan)[11]
Yamanlar (Erdê) Kurdish (Arnas)[13]
Yassıca (Ermune) Kurdish (Kercoz)[7]
Yayladüzü (Gundik) Kurdish (Habezbeni)[8]
Yemişli (Botika) Kurdish (Basiqil)[9]
Yenice (Nunib) Arab[20]
Yolağzı (Derindibe) Arab[21]
Yüceköy (Balanê) Kurdish (Habezbeni)[16]

Notable people

References

  1. ^ "Area of regions (including lakes), km²". Regional Statistics Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. 2002. Retrieved 2013-03-05.
  2. ^ Adem, Avcıkıran (2009). Kürtçe Anamnez Anamneza bi Kurmancî (in Turkish and Kurdish). p. 56.
  3. ^ Tan, Altan (2011). Turabidin'den Berriye'ye & Aşiretler (in Turkish). Nubihar. p. 110.
  4. ^ Talmon, Daniella (1996). Material Evidence and Narrative Sources: Interdisciplinary Studies of the History of the Muslim Middle East. p. 81. ISBN 978-90-04-27159-3.
  5. ^ N.Palmer, Andrew (1990). Monk and Mason on the Tigris Frontier: The Early History of Tur `Abdin. Press syndicate of Cambridge university. p. 54. ISBN 9780521360265.
  6. ^ Tan, Altan (2011). Turabidin'den Berriye'ye & Aşiretler (in Turkish). Nubihar. p. 172.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Tan, Altan (2018). Turabidin'den Berriye'ye. Aşiretler - Dinler - Diller - Kültürler (in Turkish). p. 172. ISBN 9789944360944.
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h i Tan, Altan (2018). Turabidin'den Berriye'ye. Aşiretler - Dinler - Diller - Kültürler (in Turkish). p. 194. ISBN 9789944360944.
  9. ^ a b c d e f Tan, Altan (2018). Turabidin'den Berriye'ye. Aşiretler - Dinler - Diller - Kültürler (in Turkish). p. 109. ISBN 9789944360944.
  10. ^ a b c d e f g h Tan, Altan (2018). Turabidin'den Berriye'ye. Aşiretler - Dinler - Diller - Kültürler (in Turkish). p. 192. ISBN 9789944360944.
  11. ^ a b c d Tan, Altan (2018). Turabidin'den Berriye'ye. Aşiretler - Dinler - Diller - Kültürler (in Turkish). p. 128. ISBN 9789944360944.
  12. ^ "Bademleriyle meşhur tarihi bir köy: Çiçekli" (in Turkish). 1 March 2018. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  13. ^ a b Tan, Altan (2018). Turabidin'den Berriye'ye. Aşiretler - Dinler - Diller - Kültürler (in Turkish). p. 177. ISBN 9789944360944.
  14. ^ a b c d Keskin, Necat (2014). "Akışkan Kimlikler: Etnik ve Dini Kimlik Arasında Becirman Seyyidleri" (in Turkish). Ankara: 142. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  15. ^ a b c Tan, Altan (2018). Turabidin'den Berriye'ye. Aşiretler - Dinler - Diller - Kültürler (in Turkish). pp. 132–133. ISBN 9789944360944.
  16. ^ a b "Habizbini köylerinden Aydın Gök'e destek" (in Turkish). 18 May 2015. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  17. ^ a b c Tan, Altan (2018). Turabidin'den Berriye'ye. Aşiretler - Dinler - Diller - Kültürler (in Turkish). p. 183. ISBN 9789944360944.
  18. ^ Tan, Altan (2018). Turabidin'den Berriye'ye. Aşiretler - Dinler - Diller - Kültürler (in Turkish). pp. 196-197 and 202. ISBN 9789944360944.
  19. ^ Tan, Altan (2018). Turabidin'den Berriye'ye. Aşiretler - Dinler - Diller - Kültürler (in Turkish). pp. 173 and 183. ISBN 9789944360944.
  20. ^ Tan, Altan (2018). Turabidin'den Berriye'ye. Aşiretler - Dinler - Diller - Kültürler (in Turkish). p. 194. ISBN 9789944360944.
  21. ^ Peter Alfred, Andrews; Benninghaus, Rüdiger, eds. (1989). Ethnic Groups in the Republic of Turkey. p. 376.

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