Çayırlı (Kurdish: Kefnas)[2] is a neighbourhood located in the municipality and district of Midyat, Mardin Province in Turkey.[3] The village is populated by Kurds of the Botikan tribe and had a population of 254 as of 2021.[1][4]
The settlement of Derebaşı (Koçan) is a hamlet of Çayırlı and is also populated by Kurds of the Botikan tribe who adhere to Yazidism.[4]
History
In March 1879, British officer Trotter visited the village and described the village as "a large village abandoned and in ruins, evidently quite recently deserted". The village was seemingly plundered and burned by the Ottomans and the villagers had fled to the mountains with their chief while others settled in Meziza.[5]
^Tan, Altan (2018). Turabidin'den Berriye'ye. Aşiretler - Dinler - Diller - Kültürler (in Turkish). p. 549. ISBN9789944360944.
^Census of population by administrative division: province, district, sub-district, and village (muhtarlık) population. T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet İstatistik Enstitüsü. 1968. p. 479.
^Census of population by administrative division. Devlet İstatistik Enstitüsü. 1973. p. 438.
^Genel nüfus sayımı: Mardın. Başbakanlık, Devlet İstatistik Enstitüsü. 1987.
^Genel nüfus sayımı 2000: Mardin (in Turkish). T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet İstatistik Enstitüsü. 2002. p. 67.
Further reading
Tan, Irfan (1996), Çayırlı Köyünün ( Kefnaz - Midyat ) Sosyo-Ekonomik Durum Ve Köydeki Diğer Sosyal Hayat (in Turkish), Istanbul{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)