Çiğdem, Nusaybin

Çiğdem
Neighbourhood
Çiğdem is located in Turkey
Çiğdem
Çiğdem
Location in Turkey
Coordinates: 37°06′11″N 41°29′46″E / 37.10306°N 41.49611°E / 37.10306; 41.49611
CountryTurkey
ProvinceMardin
DistrictNusaybin
Population
 (2021)[1]
164
Time zoneUTC+3 (TRT)

Çiğdem (Kurdish: Giremara, lit. 'snake hill'; Syriac: Girēmarā)[2][nb 1] is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Nusaybin, Mardin Province in Turkey.[4] The village is populated by Kurds of the Mizizex tribe and had a population of 164 in 2021.[1][5]

History

Girēmarā (today called Çiğdem) was historically inhabited by Syriac Orthodox Assyrians.[3] In 1914, there were 250 Assyrians, according to the list presented to the Paris Peace Conference by the Assyro-Chaldean delegation.[6] It was populated by 26 Turoyo-speaking Christians in five families in 1966.[2]

References

Notes

  1. ^ Alternatively transliterated as Girimara or Keremaré.[3]

Citations

  1. ^ a b "31 ARALIK 2021 TARİHLİ ADRESE DAYALI NÜFUS KAYIT SİSTEMİ (ADNKS) SONUÇLARI" (XLS). TÜİK (in Turkish). Retrieved 16 December 2022.
  2. ^ a b Ritter (1967), p. 15.
  3. ^ a b Jongerden & Verheij (2012), p. 324.
  4. ^ Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ Gaunt (2006), p. 425.

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