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Üçköy, Nusaybin

Coordinates: 37°15′29″N 41°26′13″E / 37.258°N 41.437°E / 37.258; 41.437
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Üçköy
Church of Mor Ephraim and Mor Theodorus
Church of Mor Ephraim and Mor Theodorus
Üçköy is located in Turkey
Üçköy
Üçköy
Location in Turkey
Coordinates: 37°15′29″N 41°26′13″E / 37.258°N 41.437°E / 37.258; 41.437
CountryTurkey
ProvinceMardin
DistrictNusaybin
Population
 (2021)[1]
432
Time zoneUTC+3 (TRT)

Üçköy (Kurdish: Xarabalê;[nb 1] Syriac: ܐܪܟܚ, romanizedArkaḥ)[3] is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Nusaybin, Mardin Province in Turkey.[4] The village is populated by Assyrians and had a population of 432 in 2021.[1][5] It is located in the historical region of Tur Abdin.[6]

There is a Syriac Orthodox church of Mor Ephraim and Mor Theodorus.[7]

History

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Arkaḥ (today called Üçköy) is mentioned in the Life of Malke, likely written in the ninth or tenth century, in which it is noted that Mor Malke resided near the village, where he performed several miracles and gained Šlémūn bar Wahbūn as a disciple.[8] The Mor Malke Monastery was founded near the village about the sixth century.[6] Arkaḥ was inhabited by adherents of the Church of the East until it was abandoned and eventually resettled by Syriac Orthodox Christians in the 1830s and the Church of Mor Ephraim and Mor Theodorus was rebuilt, however it was still in ruins when the village was visited by Gertrude Bell in 1909.[9]

In 1914, Arkaḥ was inhabited by 300 or 400 Assyrians, according to the list presented to the Paris Peace Conference by the Assyro-Chaldean delegation.[nb 2] There were 70 or 80 Syriac Orthodox families with one priest in 1915.[11] Amidst the Sayfo, the village's population took refuge at the Mor Malke Monastery.[12] In the late 20th century, a number of villagers emigrated to Germany.[13]

Demography

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The following is a list of the number of Assyrian families that have inhabited Arkaḥ 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 3]

  • 1915: 70[12]
  • 1966: 120
  • 1979: 103
  • 1981: 92
  • 1987: 88
  • 1995: 70
  • 1997: 38
  • 2013: 45[13]

References

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Notes

  1. ^ Alternatively transliterated as Harabale, Harabali, Harab-Allé, Harapali, Kharaba Aleh, Kharabalé, or Kharabalī.[2]
  2. ^ It has been suggested that the village was erroneously listed twice, as Harabali with a population of 300 in the kaza of Habab (attached to the kaza of Nusaybin) and Harab-Allé with a population of 400 in the kaza of Midyat.[10]
  3. ^ The size of a single family varies between five and ten persons.[14]

Citations

  1. ^ a b "31 ARALIK 2021 TARİHLİ ADRESE DAYALI NÜFUS KAYIT SİSTEMİ (ADNKS) SONUÇLARI" (XLS). TÜİK (in Turkish). Retrieved 16 December 2022.
  2. ^ Barsoum (2008), p. 18; Jongerden & Verheij (2012), p. 325; Courtois (2013), p. 146; Palmer (1990), p. 264; Courtois (2004), p. 41.
  3. ^ Carlson, Thomas A. (9 December 2016). "Arkaḥ — ܐܪܟܚ". The Syriac Gazetteer. Retrieved 10 October 2024.
  4. ^ Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  5. ^ Tan (2018), p. 153.
  6. ^ a b Barsoum (2003), p. 566.
  7. ^ Barsoum (2008), p. 18; Al-Jeloo (2015), p. 114.
  8. ^ Palmer (1990), pp. 17, 33; Fiey (2004), pp. 130–131.
  9. ^ Al-Jeloo (2015), p. 114.
  10. ^ Jongerden & Verheij (2012), pp. 323, 325; Gaunt (2006), pp. 425, 427.
  11. ^ Gaunt (2006), p. 201; Courtois (2004), pp. 41, 226.
  12. ^ a b Gaunt (2006), p. 201.
  13. ^ a b Courtois (2013), p. 146.
  14. ^ a b Brock (2021), p. 167.

Bibliography

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