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Karagöl, Dargeçit

Coordinates: 37°29′33″N 41°41′07″E / 37.49250°N 41.68528°E / 37.49250; 41.68528
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Karagöl (Syriac: ܕܝܪ ܩܘܒܐ Deyrqube) is an Assyrian/Syriac village in the Alagöz district of Mardin Province, Turkey. It is located 10 kilometers east of district center. The village is populated by ethnic Assyrians/Syriacs, Aramaic speaking Christians.

The local church of Mor Jahkub was built in the 5th century as a monastery but this was destroyed in the 15th century by Tamerlane and rebuilt as a church.


37°29′33″N 41°41′07″E / 37.49250°N 41.68528°E / 37.49250; 41.68528