Çiğdem, Nusaybin
Çiğdem (Kurdish: Giremara, lit. 'snake hill'; Syriac: Girēmarā) is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Nusaybin, Mardin Province in Turkey. The village is populated by Kurds of the Mizizex tribe and had a population of 164 in 2021.
History
Girēmarā (today called Çiğdem) was historically inhabited by Syriac Orthodox Assyrians. In 1914, there were 250 Assyrians, according to the list presented to the Paris Peace Conference by the Assyro-Chaldean delegation. It was populated by 26 Turoyo-speaking Christians in five families in 1966.
References
Notes
- ^ Alternatively transliterated as Girimara or Keremaré.
Citations
- ^ "31 ARALIK 2021 TARİHLİ ADRESE DAYALI NÜFUS KAYIT SİSTEMİ (ADNKS) SONUÇLARI" (XLS). TÜİK (in Turkish). Retrieved 16 December 2022.
- ^ Ritter (1967), p. 15.
- ^ Jongerden & Verheij (2012), p. 324.
- ^ Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
- ^ 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.
Bibliography
- 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.
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