Alayunt, Dargeçit
Alayunt | |
|---|---|
Alayunt Location in Turkey | |
| Coordinates: 37°33′40″N 41°39′25″E / 37.561°N 41.657°E | |
| Country | Turkey |
| Province | Mardin |
| District | Dargeçit |
| Population (2021)[1] | 247 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (TRT) |
Alayunt or Alayurt (Kurdish: Arbayê; Syriac: Arbaye)[2][a] is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Dargeçit, Mardin Province in Turkey.[5] The village is populated by Kurds of the Erebiyan tribe and had a population of 247 in 2021.[1][6] It is located in the historic region of Tur Abdin.[7]
In the village, there are churches of Mar Saba and Mar Jirjis.[8]
History
Arbaye (today called Alayunt) was historically inhabited by Syriac Orthodox Christians.[9] The Church of Mar Saba at Arbaye is believed to have been constructed in the eighth century.[10] In the Syriac Orthodox patriarchal register of dues of 1870, it was recorded that the village had 26 households, who paid 43 dues, and did not have a priest.[11] In 1914, the village was inhabited by 250 Syriacs, according to the list presented to the Paris Peace Conference by the Assyro-Chaldean delegation.[12] Amidst the Sayfo, Kurds led by Ali Musa of Dayvan murdered most of the Syriacs and destroyed the Church of Mar Saba.[10] The Church of Mar Jirjis was rebuilt in the 1940s.[13] The village had a population of 295 in 1960.[4] There were 215 Kurdish-speaking Christians in 32 families at Arbaye in 1966.[4] By 1987, there were no remaining Syriacs.[14]
Demography
The following is a list of the number of Syriac families that have inhabited Arbaye per year stated. Unless otherwise stated, all figures are from the list provided in The Syrian Orthodox Christians in the Late Ottoman Period and Beyond: Crisis then Revival, as noted in the bibliography below.[15]
- 1915: 30
- 1966: 32
- 1978: 18[b]
- 1979: 13
- 1987: 0
References
Notes
Citations
- ^ a b "31 ARALIK 2021 TARİHLİ ADRESE DAYALI NÜFUS KAYIT SİSTEMİ (ADNKS) SONUÇLARI" (XLS). TÜİK (in Turkish). Retrieved 16 December 2022.
- ^ Biner (2020), p. x.
- ^ Jongerden & Verheij (2012), p. 321; Bcheiry (2019), p. 57; Ritter (1967), pp. 11–12; Barsoum (2008), pp. 16, 17; Hollerweger & Palmer (1999), p. 210.
- ^ a b c Ritter (1967), pp. 11–12.
- ^ "Türkiye Mülki İdare Bölümleri Envanteri". T.C. İçişleri Bakanlığı (in Turkish). Retrieved 19 December 2022.
- ^ Tan (2018), p. 112.
- ^ Barsoum (2008), p. 16.
- ^ Barsoum (2008), p. 17.
- ^ Jongerden & Verheij (2012), p. 321.
- ^ a b Gaunt (2006), p. 201.
- ^ Bcheiry (2009), p. 51.
- ^ Gaunt (2006), p. 427.
- ^ Keser-Kayaalp (2022), p. 139.
- ^ Courtois (2004), p. 227.
- ^ Dinno (2017), p. 383.
- ^ Hollerweger & Palmer (1999), p. 210; Courtois (2013), p. 149.
Bibliography
- Barsoum, Aphrem (2008). The History of Tur Abdin. Translated by Matti Moosa. Gorgias Press. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
- Bcheiry, Iskandar (2009). The Syriac Orthodox Patriarchal Register of Dues of 1870: An Unpublished Historical Document from the Late Ottoman Period. Gorgias Press. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
- Bcheiry, Iskandar (2019). "Digitizing and Schematizing the Archival Material from the Late Ottoman Period Found in the Monastery of al-Zaʿfarān in Southeast Turkey". Atla Summary of Proceedings. 72 (January): 50–61. doi:10.31046/proceedings.2018.113. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
- Biner, Zerrin Özlem (2020). States of Dispossession: Violence and Precarious Coexistence in Southeast Turkey. University of Pennsylvania Press. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
- Courtois, Sébastien de (2004). The Forgotten Genocide: Eastern Christians, The Last Arameans. Translated by Vincent Aurora. Gorgias Press. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
- Courtois, Sébastien de (2013). "Tur Abdin : Réflexions sur l'état présent descommunautés syriaques du Sud-Est de la Turquie,mémoire, exils, retours". Cahier du Gremmamo (in French). 21: 113–150.
- Dinno, Khalid S. (2017). The Syrian Orthodox Christians in the Late Ottoman Period and Beyond: Crisis then Revival. Gorgias Press. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
- Gaunt, David (2006). Massacres, Resistance, Protectors: Muslim-Christian Relations in Eastern Anatolia during World War I. Gorgias Press. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
- Hollerweger, Hans; Palmer, Andrew (1999). Turabdin: Living Cultural Heritage (in English, German, and Turkish) (2nd ed.). Friends of Tur Abdin.
- Jongerden, Joost; Verheij, Jelle, eds. (2012). Social Relations in Ottoman Diyarbekir, 1870-1915. Brill. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
- Keser-Kayaalp, Elif, ed. (January 2022). Syriac Architectural Heritage at Risk in TurʿAbdin (PDF). Retrieved 8 November 2024.
- Ritter, Hellmut (1967). Turoyo: Die Volkssprache der Syrischen Christen des Tur 'Abdin (in German). Vol. 1. Franz Steiner Verlag.
- Tan, Altan (2018). Turabidin'den Berriye'ye. Aşiretler - Dinler - Diller - Kültürler (in Turkish). Pak Ajans Yayincilik Turizm Ve Diş Ticaret Limited şirketi. ISBN 9789944360944.