Görümlü (Kurdish: Bêspin,[2] Syriac: Bespīn)[3][nb 1] is a municipality (belde) in the Silopi District of Şırnak Province in Turkey.[5] It is populated by Kurds of the Girkê Emo tribe and had a population of 5,187 in 2023.[1][2]
Görümlü | |
|---|---|
  Görümlü Location in Turkey | |
| Coordinates: 37°20′02″N 42°34′16″E / 37.334°N 42.571°E | |
| Country | Turkey |
| Province | Şırnak |
| District | Silopi |
| Population (2023)[1] | 5,187 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (TRT) |
The neighbourhoods of Görümlü are Boğaz, Yeni Mahalle and Yolağızı.[5]
History
editBespīn (today called Görümlü) was historically inhabited by Chaldean Catholic Assyrians.[6] According to the list presented to the Paris Peace Conference by the Assyro-Chaldean delegation, the village was inhabited by 200 Assyrians in 1914.[7] A church that had been built just prior to the First World War was confiscated in 1915 as it was too close to a Muslim cemetery.[8] Amidst the Sayfo, Bespīn was destroyed by Bohtan Kurds.[9] After 1980, 500 of the 544 Assyrians at Bespīn were forced to emigrate and abandon their property due to the Kurdish–Turkish conflict.[10]
Population
editPopulation history from 2007 to 2023:[1]
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 3,113 | — |
| 2010 | 3,290 | +5.7% |
| 2015 | 4,149 | +26.1% |
| 2020 | 4,986 | +20.2% |
| 2023 | 5,187 | +4.0% |
References
editNotes
Citations
- ^ a b c "Population Of Municipalities, Villages And Quarters". TÜİK. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
- ^ a b Baz (2016), p. 151.
- ^ Wilmshurst (2000), p. 111.
- ^ Gaunt (2006), p. 207; Jongerden & Verheij (2012), p. 327; Yacoub (2016), p. 195.
- ^ a b "Türkiye Mülki İdare Bölümleri Envanteri". T.C. İçişleri Bakanlığı (in Turkish). Retrieved 19 December 2022.
- ^ Jongerden & Verheij (2012), p. 327.
- ^ Gaunt (2006), pp. 207, 426.
- ^ Wilmshurst (2000), p. 120.
- ^ Gaunt (2006), p. 207.
- ^ Yacoub (2016), p. 197.
Bibliography
edit- Baz, Ibrahim (2016). Şırnak aşiretleri ve kültürü (in Turkish). p. 151. ISBN 9786058849631.
- 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 (2012). Social Relations in Ottoman Diyarbekir, 1870-1915. Brill.
- Wilmshurst, David (2000). The Ecclesiastical Organisation of the Church of the East, 1318–1913. Peeters Publishers.
- Yacoub, Joseph (2016). Year of the Sword: The Assyrian Christian Genocide, A History. Translated by James Ferguson. Oxford University Press.