Gökçepınar, Gercüş

Gökçepınar
Gökçepınar
Location in Turkey
Coordinates: 37°35′20″N 41°31′12″E / 37.589°N 41.520°E / 37.589; 41.520
CountryTurkey
ProvinceBatman
DistrictGercüş
Population
 (2021)[1]
543
Time zoneUTC+3 (TRT)

Gökçepınar (Kurdish: Êşê; Syriac: Esya)[2][a] is a village in the Gercüş District of Batman Province in Turkey.[4] The village is populated by Kurds of the Dermemikan tribe and had a population of 543 in 2021.[1][5]

History

Esya (today called Gökçepınar) is attested in the Life of Simeon of the Olives (d. 734).[2]

References

Notes

  1. ^ Alternatively transliterated as Esi, Esia, or Esse.[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 Hoyland, Brunner & Tannous (2021), p. 138.
  3. ^ Hoyland, Brunner & Tannous (2021), p. 138; Palmer (1990), p. xx.
  4. ^ "Türkiye Mülki İdare Bölümleri Envanteri". T.C. İçişleri Bakanlığı (in Turkish). Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  5. ^ Tan (2018), p. 132.

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