Kaleli, Nusaybin

Kaleli
Neighbourhood
Kaleli is located in Turkey
Kaleli
Kaleli
Location in Turkey
Coordinates: 37°14′46″N 41°29′30″E / 37.24611°N 41.49167°E / 37.24611; 41.49167
CountryTurkey
ProvinceMardin
DistrictNusaybin
Population
 (2021)[1]
0
Time zoneUTC+3 (TRT)

Kaleli (Kurdish: Efşê,[2] Syriac: Girefshe)[a] is a former village in the municipality and district of Nusaybin, the Mardin Province.[4] The village was populated by Yazidi Kurds of the Dasikan tribe.[5] It was unpopulated as of 2021.[1]

History

Girefshe (today called Kaleli) was historically inhabited by Syriac Orthodox Assyrians.[6] The village was owned by Jallo Hanna.[7] The Syriac Catholic bishop Gabriel Tappouni recorded that 150 Assyrians in 30 families populated Girefshe in 1913 and were served by one priest.[8] It was inhabited by 400 Assyrians in 1914, as per the list presented to the Paris Peace Conference by the Assyro-Chaldean delegation.[9] There were 40 Assyrian families in 1915, many of whom were originally from Arbo.[10] Amidst the Sayfo, the village's population took refuge at the Monastery of Mor Malke with their property and cattle.[7] By 1987, there were no remaining Assyrians.[11]

Due to the oppressive Turkish state, the village saw a large-scale emigration to Europe from 1985 on. The Yazidis would largely settle in Germany. Prior to the migration, the village had around 130 households of around 500 people but the village was completely left by 1989. Since 2011, many of these families decided to return but were prevented to do so due to Turkish bureaucracy. Feleknas Uca of the HDP took the case to the Turkish Parliament in 2017.[12]

References

Notes

  1. ^ Alternatively transliterated as Efşi, Gerfashe, Girefş, Grafshé, or Kerefché.[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. ^ Sediyani (2009), p. 256.
  3. ^ Jongerden & Verheij (2012), p. 324; Courtois (2004), pp. 42, 225.
  4. ^ Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  5. ^ Tan (2018), p. 169.
  6. ^ Jongerden & Verheij (2012), p. 324.
  7. ^ a b Gaunt (2006), p. 221.
  8. ^ Courtois (2004), p. 42.
  9. ^ Gaunt (2006), p. 425.
  10. ^ Courtois (2004), p. 225; Gaunt (2006), p. 221.
  11. ^ Courtois (2004), p. 225.
  12. ^ "Uca, Nusaybin Efşê'li Êzidîlerin ölümle tehdit edilmesini Meclis'te gündeme getirdi". 23 October 2017. Retrieved 2 January 2021.

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