Bakacık, Nusaybin

Bakacık
Bakacık
Location in Turkey
Coordinates: 37°08′38″N 41°36′00″E / 37.144°N 41.600°E / 37.144; 41.600
CountryTurkey
ProvinceMardin
DistrictNusaybin
Population
 (2021)[1]
85
Time zoneUTC+3 (TRT)

Bakacık (Kurdish: Kinikê; Syriac: Kanḫah)[2][a] is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Nusaybin, Mardin Province in Turkey.[4] The village is populated by Kurds of the Dasikan tribe and had a population of 85 in 2021.[1][5]

History

Kanḫah (today called Bakacık) was historically inhabited by Syriac Orthodox Christians.[6] The Mor Gabriel Monastery historically owned property in the village.[7] In the Syriac Orthodox patriarchal register of dues of 1870, it was recorded that the village had forty-five households, who paid two hundred and fifty-five dues, and the village was served by the Church of Yūldaṯ Alohō and one priest.[2] In 1914, it was inhabited by 100 Syriacs, according to the list presented to the Paris Peace Conference by the Assyro-Chaldean delegation.[8]

References

Notes

  1. ^ Alternatively transliterated as Kanik, Kinnik, or Knaneké.[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. ^ a b Bcheiry (2009), p. 59.
  3. ^ Jongerden & Verheij (2012), p. 325; Bilge (2012), p. 210.
  4. ^ Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  5. ^ Tan (2018), "Harita 2: Turabidin ve Berriyê mıntıkalarında yer alan aşiretlerin sınırları ile il, ilçe, köy ve mezralar" [Map 2: The borders of the tribes and provinces, districts, villages and hamlets in the Turabidin and Berriyê regions].
  6. ^ Jongerden & Verheij (2012), p. 325.
  7. ^ Bilge (2012), pp. 209–210.
  8. ^ Gaunt (2006), p. 425.

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