Üçok (Kurdish: Babek;[2] Syriac: Babeqqa)[3][a] is a village in the İdil District of Şırnak Province in Turkey.[5] The village is populated by Kurds of the Hesinan tribe and had a population of 519 in 2021.[1]
Üçok | |
|---|---|
  Üçok Location in Turkey | |
| Coordinates: 37°17′28″N 41°54′40″E / 37.291°N 41.911°E | |
| Country | Turkey |
| Province | Şırnak |
| District | İdil |
| Population (2021)[1] | 519 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (TRT) |
History
editBabeqqa (today called Üçok) was historically inhabited by Syriac Orthodox Assyrians.[6] It was attacked by Hamidiye horsemen led by Mustapha Pasha on 20 December 1901 and five men from the village were killed, seven were wounded, and all of their flocks were stolen.[7] Amidst the Sayfo, the village was besieged by the Ömerkan, ‘Alikan, and ‘Aliyan tribes on 30 May 1915, but the siege was lifted after they were paid off by the nearby village of Azakh.[8] After a short battle on 20 June 1915, the village's population of 60 Assyrian families fled to Azakh.[9] Babeqqa was subsequently seized by the Kurds.[10]
References
editNotes
Citations
- ^ a b "31 ARALIK 2021 TARİHLİ ADRESE DAYALI NÜFUS KAYIT SİSTEMİ (ADNKS) SONUÇLARI" (XLS). TÜİK (in Turkish). Retrieved 16 December 2022.
- ^ Baz (2016), p. 137.
- ^ Gaunt (2006), p. 205.
- ^ Gaunt (2006), p. 205; Courtois (2004), p. 143.
- ^ "Türkiye Mülki İdare Bölümleri Envanteri". T.C. İçişleri Bakanlığı (in Turkish). Retrieved 19 December 2022.
- ^ Jongerden & Verheij (2012), p. 327.
- ^ Courtois (2004), p. 143.
- ^ Gaunt (2006), p. 277.
- ^ Gaunt (2006), pp. 205, 278.
- ^ Gaunt (2006), p. 392.
Bibliography
edit- Baz, Ibrahim (2016). Şırnak aşiretleri ve kültürü (in Turkish). p. 137. ISBN 9786058849631.
- Courtois, Sébastien de (2004). The Forgotten Genocide: Eastern Christians, The Last Arameans. Translated by Vincent Aurora. Gorgias Press. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
- 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.