Asmadere, Beşiri

Asmadere
Asmadere
Location in Turkey
Coordinates: 37°54′40″N 41°22′01″E / 37.911°N 41.367°E / 37.911; 41.367
CountryTurkey
ProvinceBatman
DistrictBeşiri
Population
 (2021)[1]
517
Time zoneUTC+3 (TRT)

Asmadere (Kurdish: Hope; Syriac: Al-Hūb)[2] is a village in the Beşiri District of Batman Province in Turkey.[3] The village is populated by Kurds of the Elîkan tribe and had a population of 517 in 2021.[1][4]

History

Al-Hūb (today called Asmadere) was historically inhabited by Syriac Orthodox Christians.[5] In the Syriac Orthodox patriarchal register of dues of 1870, it was recorded that the village had 11 households, who paid 32 dues, and did not have a church or a priest.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b "31 ARALIK 2021 TARİHLİ ADRESE DAYALI NÜFUS KAYIT SİSTEMİ (ADNKS) SONUÇLARI" (XLS). TÜİK (in Turkish). Retrieved 16 December 2022.
  2. ^ Bcheiry (2019), p. 57.
  3. ^ "Türkiye Mülki İdare Bölümleri Envanteri". T.C. İçişleri Bakanlığı (in Turkish). Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  4. ^ Aşiretler raporu (in Turkish) (3rd ed.). Kaynak Yayınları. 2014. p. 262.
  5. ^ a b Bcheiry (2009), p. 45.

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