Dargeçit
Dargeçit | |
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| Country |  Turkey |
| Province | Mardin |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Zeynep Sipçik (BDP) |
| • Kaymakam | Adem Ünal |
| Area | |
| • District | 538.94 km2 (208.09 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 940 m (3,080 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Urban | Template:Turkey district populations |
| • District | Template:Turkey district populations |
| Post code | 47750 |
| Website | www.dargecit.bel.tr |
Dargeçit (Template:Lang-syr Kerburan, Kurdish:Kerboran) is a district of the Mardin Province of Turkey, traditionally populated by ethnic-Kurds. In 1900, the town had approximately 300 families. Prior to the Assyrian and Armenian Genocides this city was inhabited by Kurds, Assyrians/Syriacs and Armenians. Before 1979, it was still inhabited by Kurds and Assyrians, but most of the Assyrian/Syriac people fled/left the city after the murder of Andreas Demir Lahdik, the Mayor of Kerburan at the time.[citation needed] The government then changed the name of the city to Dargeçit by force. After the exodus, the town was nearly completely populated by a Kurdish majority, with a tiny Assyrian remnant.
There is the Syriac Orthodox Church of Mor Kuriyakos, which is now restored thanks to the Assyrian/Syriac diaspora. There are also two other churches, one Protestant and the other Catholic. They are both abandoned.[citation needed]
References
- ^ "Area of regions (including lakes), km²". Regional Statistics Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. 2002. Retrieved 2013-03-05.
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