Güven, Midyat

Güven
Neighbourhood
Güven is located in Turkey
Güven
Güven
Location in Turkey
Coordinates: 37°21′32″N 41°23′24″E / 37.359°N 41.390°E / 37.359; 41.390
CountryTurkey
ProvinceMardin
DistrictMidyat
Population
 (2021)[1]
67
Time zoneUTC+3 (TRT)

Güven (Kurdish: Bacin, Bicin),[2] historically known as Bajenne is a neighbourhood located in the municipality and district of Midyat, Mardin Province in Turkey.[3] The village is located ca. 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) south of Midyat town centre.[4]

The village is populated by Kurds of the Şemikan tribe and has a population of 67 in 2021.[5][1]

Information

The Kurds in the village are Yazidis of the Şemikan tribe.[6] While the Şemikan tribe in Güven are Yazidi, the ones in nearby Sivrice (Dalîn) village are Muslim.[5]

The village experienced mass emigration in the 1980s to especially Germany resulting in only few elderly to remain by the 1990s.[7] The village took in Yazidi refugees fleeing the genocide perpetuated by ISIS in 2014.[8]

Another view of Baçin (2018)
Yazidi temple in Baçin (2018)

References

  1. ^ a b "31 ARALIK 2021 TARİHLİ ADRESE DAYALI NÜFUS KAYIT SİSTEMİ (ADNKS) SONUÇLARI" (XLS). TÜİK (in Turkish). Retrieved 16 December 2022.
  2. ^ İbrahim Sediyani (2009). Adını arayan coğrafya. Özedönüş Yayınları. p. 255. ISBN 9786054296002.
  3. ^ "Türkiye Mülki İdare Bölümleri Envanteri". T.C. İçişleri Bakanlığı (in Turkish). Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  4. ^ "TMMOB Mimarlar Odası Diyarbakır Şubesi" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-08-23. Retrieved 2018-12-27.
  5. ^ a b Tan, Altan (2018). Turabidin'den Berriye'ye. Aşiretler - Dinler - Diller - Kültürler (in Turkish). p. 154. ISBN 9789944360944.
  6. ^ Torî, Wêlate (2000). Bir Kürt düşüncesi Yezidilik ve Yezidiler (in Turkish). Berfin Yayınları. p. 47.
  7. ^ "Wêne şahidê şênbûna Bacinê ye". Yeni Özgür Politika (in Kurdish). 27 April 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  8. ^ "Êzidî People: We Have No Hope of Returning". Bianet. 8 August 2014. Retrieved 14 December 2022.