Özler, Gercüş

Özler
Özler
Location in Turkey
Coordinates: 37°34′30″N 41°26′53″E / 37.575°N 41.448°E / 37.575; 41.448
CountryTurkey
ProvinceBatman
DistrictGercüş
Population
 (2021)[1]
82
Time zoneUTC+3 (TRT)

Özler (Kurdish: Îlozê;[2] Syriac: ʿĪlūs)[3][a] is a village in the Gercüş District of Batman Province in Turkey.[5] The village is populated by Kurds of the Kercoz tribe and had a population of 82 in 2021.[1][2] It is located in the historic region of Tur Abdin.[6]

History

ʿĪlūs (today called Özler) was historically inhabited by Syriac Orthodox Christians.[3] In the Syriac Orthodox patriarchal register of dues of 1870, it was recorded that the village had 9 households, who paid 16 dues, and did not have a church or a priest.[3]

References

Notes

  1. ^ Alternatively transliterated as ‘Iloz or ‘İlōze.[4]

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 Tan (2018), p. 172.
  3. ^ a b c Bcheiry (2009), p. 52.
  4. ^ Dinno (2017), p. 384; Wießner (1993), p. 162.
  5. ^ "Türkiye Mülki İdare Bölümleri Envanteri". T.C. İçişleri Bakanlığı (in Turkish). Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  6. ^ Bcheiry (2009), pp. 50, 52.

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