Seki, Gercüş
Seki | |
|---|---|
Seki Location in Turkey | |
| Coordinates: 37°37′19″N 41°30′32″E / 37.622°N 41.509°E | |
| Country | Turkey |
| Province | Batman |
| District | Gercüş |
| Population (2021)[1] | 341 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (TRT) |
Seki (Kurdish: Xerabê Bena; Syriac: Ḫarābā Bannā)[2][a] is a village in the Gercüş District of Batman Province in Turkey.[4] The village is populated by Kurds of the Bêcirmanî tribe and had a population of 341 in 2021.[1][5] It is located in the historic region of Tur Abdin.[6]
History
Ḫarābā Bannā (today called Seki) was historically inhabited by Syriac Orthodox Christians.[2] In the Syriac Orthodox patriarchal register of dues of 1870, it was recorded that the village had 10 households, who paid 27 dues, and did not have a church or a priest.[2]
References
Notes
Citations
- ^ a b "31 ARALIK 2021 TARİHLİ ADRESE DAYALI NÜFUS KAYIT SİSTEMİ (ADNKS) SONUÇLARI" (XLS). TÜİK (in Turkish). Retrieved 16 December 2022.
- ^ a b c Bcheiry (2009), p. 52.
- ^ Bcheiry (2009), p. 52; Dinno (2017), p. 384; Wießner (1993), p. 163; Barsoum (2008), p. 15.
- ^ "Türkiye Mülki İdare Bölümleri Envanteri". T.C. İçişleri Bakanlığı (in Turkish). Retrieved 19 December 2022.
- ^ Keskin (2014), p. 142.
- ^ Bcheiry (2009), pp. 50, 52.
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 The Syriac Orthodox Patriarchal Register of Dues of 1870: An Unpublished Historical Document from the Late Ottoman Period.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.
- Dinno, Khalid S. (2017). The Syrian Orthodox Christians in the Late Ottoman Period and Beyond: Crisis then Revival. Gorgias Press. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
- Keskin, Necat (2014). Akışkan Kimlikler: Etnik ve Dini Kimlik Arasında Becirman Seyyidleri (Thesis) (in Turkish). Ankara.
- Wießner, Gernot (1993). Christliche Kultbauten im Ṭūr ʻAbdīn (in German). Vol. IV. Harrassowitz Verlag.