Balpınar, Batman
Balpınar | |
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Balpınar Location in Turkey | |
| Coordinates: 37°52′05″N 41°03′18″E / 37.868°N 41.055°E | |
| Country | Turkey |
| Province | Batman |
| District | Batman |
| Population (2021)[1] | 5,685 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (TRT) |
Balpınar (Kurdish: Gîrêsira;[2] Syriac: Grīsīrā)[3][a] is a town (belde) in the Batman District of Batman Province in Turkey.[5] The town is populated by Kurds of the Reman tribe and had a population of 5,685 in 2021.[1][6]
The town is divided into the neighbourhoods of Segirkan, Seyrantepe, Yeniköy and Yenimahalle.[5]
History
Grīsīrā (today called Balpınar) was historically inhabited by Syriac Orthodox Christians and Kurdish-speaking Armenians.[7] In the Syriac Orthodox patriarchal register of dues of 1870, it was recorded that the village had one household, who paid eight dues, and did not have a church or a priest.[3] There were seven Armenian hearths in 1880.[8] There was an Armenian church of Surb Errordutiun.[8] In 1914, the village was populated by 200 Syriacs, according to the list presented to the Paris Peace Conference by the Assyro-Chaldean delegation.[9] It was located in the kaza of Beşiri.[9] The Armenians were attacked by the Belek, Bekran, Şegro, and other Kurdish tribes in May 1915 amidst the Armenian genocide.[10]
References
Notes
Citations
- ^ a b "31 ARALIK 2021 TARİHLİ ADRESE DAYALI NÜFUS KAYIT SİSTEMİ (ADNKS) SONUÇLARI" (XLS). TÜİK (in Turkish). Retrieved 16 December 2022.
- ^ Tan (2011), p. 185.
- ^ a b Bcheiry (2009), p. 42.
- ^ Jongerden & Verheij (2012), p. 318; Kévorkian (2006), p. 269.
- ^ a b "Türkiye Mülki İdare Bölümleri Envanteri". T.C. İçişleri Bakanlığı (in Turkish). Retrieved 19 December 2022.
- ^ Kevirbirî (2013), p. 91.
- ^ Jongerden & Verheij (2012), p. 318; Kévorkian (2011), p. 367.
- ^ a b Kévorkian (2006), p. 269.
- ^ a b Gaunt (2006), p. 427.
- ^ Kévorkian (2011), pp. 367–368.
Bibliography
- 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 The Syriac Orthodox Patriarchal Register of Dues of 1870: An Unpublished Historical Document from the Late Ottoman Period.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.
- Gaunt, David (2006). Massacres, Resistance, Protectors: Muslim-Christian Relations in Eastern Anatolia during World War I. Gorgias Press. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
- Jongerden, Joost; Verheij, Jelle, eds. (2012). Social Relations in Ottoman Diyarbekir, 1870-1915. Brill. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
- Kévorkian, Raymond H. (2006). "Demographic Changes in the Armenian Population of Diarbekir, 1895-1914". In Richard G. Hovannisian (ed.). Armenian Tigranakert/Diarbekir and Edessa/Urfa. Mazda Publishers. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
- Kévorkian, Raymond (2011). The Armenian Genocide: A Complete History. I.B. Tauris.
- Kevirbirî, Salih (2013). Filîtê Quto (in Turkish) (2nd ed.). Evrensel.
- Tan, Altan (2011). Turabidin'den Berriye'ye. Aşiretler - Dinler - Diller - Kültürler (in Turkish).