Girmeli, Nusaybin
Girmeli | |
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  Girmeli Location in Turkey | |
| Coordinates: 37°06′47″N 41°25′41″E / 37.113°N 41.428°E | |
| Country | Turkey |
| Province | Mardin |
| District | Nusaybin |
| Population (2022) | 3,247 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (TRT) |
Girmeli (Kurdish: Girê Mîra, lit. 'Emir hill'; Syriac: Gırēmīrā)[1][nb 1] is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of Nusaybin, Mardin Province, Turkey.[3] The population was 3,247 in 2022.[4] Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town (belde).[5][6] The village is populated by Assyrians and by Kurds of the Mizizex and Omerkan tribes.[7][8]
History
[edit]Gırēmīrā (today called Girmeli) was inhabited by 400 Assyrians in 1914, according to the list presented to the Paris Peace Conference by the Assyro-Chaldean delegation.[9] In 1915, there were 70 Assyrian families and 10 Kurdish families.[10] The Assyrians adhered to the Syriac Orthodox Church.[11] Amidst the Sayfo, the Assyrians took refuge elsewhere.[12] The village had a population of 571 in 1960.[1] There were 225 Turoyo-speaking Christians in 34 families in 1966.[1] By 1987, there were 7 Assyrian families.[13]
References
[edit]Notes
Citations
- ^ a b c Ritter (1967), p. 14.
- ^ Courtois (2004), p. 225; Gaunt (2006), p. 221; Jongerden & Verheij (2012), p. 324.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Aydın (2000), p. 14.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Gaunt (2006), p. 425.
- ^ Courtois (2004), p. 225; Gaunt (2006), p. 221.
- ^ Jongerden & Verheij (2012), p. 324.
- ^ Gaunt (2006), p. 221.
- ^ Courtois (2004), p. 225.
Bibliography
[edit]- Aydın, Suavi (2000). Mardin: aşiret, cemaat, devlet. Türkiye Ekonomik ve Toplumsal Tarih Vakfı. ISBN 9757306673.
- 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.
- Ritter, Hellmut (1967). Turoyo: Die Volkssprache der Syrischen Christen des Tur 'Abdin (in German). Vol. 1. Franz Steiner Verlag.