Çukuryurt (Kurdish: Binkelbê; Syriac: Ben-Kelbe)[2][nb 1] is a village in the Gercüş District of Batman Province in Turkey.[5] The village is populated by Kurds of the Arnas tribe and had a population of 478 in 2021.[1][6] It is located in the historical region of Tur Abdin.[7]
Çukuryurt | |
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  Çukuryurt Location in Turkey | |
| Coordinates: 37°35′20″N 41°29′02″E / 37.589°N 41.484°E | |
| Country | Turkey |
| Province | Batman |
| District | Gercüş |
| Population (2021)[1] | 478 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (TRT) |
History
editBen-Kelbe (today called Çukuryurt) has been tentatively identified with the village of Bar Kalbe mentioned in the Life of Simeon of the Olives (d. 734).[8] In 1915, it was inhabited by 30 or 35 Assyrian families.[9] The village served as the residence of two feuding Kurdish clan leaders, Izzeddin, chief of the Tammero clan, and Shamdin from the clan of Hasan Shamdin, with the village's Assyrian population also divided in their allegiances between the two.[10] Amidst the Sayfo, Izzeddin and Shamdin escorted their respective closest Assyrian allies and their families to safety at ‘Ayn-Wardo whilst those who were left behind at Ben-Kelbe were killed.[10] There were 125 Kurdish-speaking Christians at Ben-Kelbe in 1966.[4] By 1979/1980, there were no remaining Assyrians at the village.[11]
References
editNotes
Citations
- ^ a b "31 ARALIK 2021 TARİHLİ ADRESE DAYALI NÜFUS KAYIT SİSTEMİ (ADNKS) SONUÇLARI" (XLS). TÜİK (in Turkish). Retrieved 16 December 2022.
- ^ Gaunt (2006), p. 2006.
- ^ Barsoum (2008), p. 15; Palmer (1990), p. xx; Courtois (2004), p. 226; Atto (2011), p. 174; Ritter (1967), p. 11.
- ^ a b Ritter (1967), p. 11.
- ^ a b "Türkiye Mülki İdare Bölümleri Envanteri". T.C. İçişleri Bakanlığı (in Turkish). Retrieved 19 December 2022.
- ^ Tan (2018), p. 177.
- ^ Barsoum (2008), p. 15.
- ^ Talmon-Heller & Cytryn-Silverman (2014), p. 81.
- ^ Gaunt (2006), p. 210; Courtois (2004), p. 226.
- ^ a b Gaunt (2006), p. 210.
- ^ Atto (2011), p. 174.
Bibliography
edit- Atto, Naures (2011). Hostages in the Homeland, Orphans in the Diaspora: Identity Discourses Among the Assyrian/Syriac Elites in the European Diaspora (PDF). Leiden University Press. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
- Barsoum, Aphrem (2008). The History of Tur Abdin. Translated by Matti Moosa. Gorgias Press. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
- Courtois, Sébastien de (2004). The Forgotten Genocide: Eastern Christians, The Last Arameans. Translated by Vincent Aurora. Gorgias Press.
- Gaunt, David (2006). Massacres, Resistance, Protectors: Muslim-Christian Relations in Eastern Anatolia during World War I. Gorgias Press. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
- Palmer, Andrew (1990). Monk and Mason on the Tigris Frontier: The Early History of Tur Abdin. Cambridge University Press. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
- Ritter, Hellmut (1967). Turoyo: Die Volkssprache der Syrischen Christen des Tur 'Abdin (in German). Vol. 1. Franz Steiner Verlag.
- Talmon-Heller, Daniella; Cytryn-Silverman, Katia, eds. (2014). Material Evidence and Narrative Sources: Interdisciplinary Studies of the History of the Muslim Middle East. Brill.
- Tan, Altan (2018). Turabidin'den Berriye'ye. Aşiretler - Dinler - Diller - Kültürler (in Turkish). Pak Ajans Yayincilik Turizm Ve Diş Ticaret Limited şirketi. ISBN 9789944360944.