Kırkdirek, Savur
Kırkdirek (Kurdish: Çilstûn or Kirdilek) is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Savur, Mardin Province in Turkey. The village is populated by Kurds of the Surgucu tribe and had a population of 289 in 2021.
History
Kirdilek (today called Kırkdirek) was historically inhabited by Syriac Orthodox Assyrians. There were also some Catholics. There were ten Armenian families at Kirdilek when it was visited by Reverend George Percy Badger in 1850. It was populated by 100 Assyrians in 1914, according to the list presented to the Paris Peace Conference by the Assyro-Chaldean delegation.
References
Notes
- ^ Also spelt as Coordirek, Kordilek, Kordilik, or Kirdirek.
Citations
- ^ "31 ARALIK 2021 TARİHLİ ADRESE DAYALI NÜFUS KAYIT SİSTEMİ (ADNKS) SONUÇLARI" (XLS). TÜİK (in Turkish). Retrieved 16 December 2022.
- ^ Jongerden & Verheij (2012), p. 324; Courtois (2004), pp. 9, 72.
- ^ Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
- ^ Tan (2018), p. 283.
- ^ Jongerden & Verheij (2012), p. 324.
- ^ Courtois (2004), p. 72.
- ^ Badger (1852), p. 53.
- ^ Gaunt (2006), p. 424.
Bibliography
- Badger, George Percy (1852). The Nestorians and Their Rituals: With the Narrative of a Mission to Mesopotamia and Coordistan in 1842-1844, and of a Late Visit to Those Countries in 1850; Also, Researches Into the Present Condition of the Syrian Jacobites, Papal Syrians, and Chaldeans, and an Inquiry Into the Religious Tenets of the Yezeedees. Vol. 1. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
- 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.
- Tan, Altan (2018). Turabidin'den Berriye'ye. Aşiretler - Dinler - Diller - Kültürler (in Turkish). Pak Ajans Yayincilik Turizm Ve Diş Ticaret Limited şirketi. ISBN 9789944360944.