Çayırlı (Kurdish: Kefnas)[2] is a neighbourhood located in the municipality and district of Midyat, Mardin Province in Turkey.[3] The village is populated by Kurds of the Botikan tribe and had a population of 254 as of 2021.[1][4]
Çayırlı | |
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  Çayırlı Location in Turkey | |
| Coordinates: 37°19′55″N 41°27′23″E / 37.33194°N 41.45639°E | |
| Country | Turkey |
| Province | Mardin |
| District | Midyat |
| Population (2021)[1] | 254 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (TRT) |
The settlement of Derebaşı (Koçan) is a hamlet of Çayırlı and is also populated by Kurds of the Botikan tribe who adhere to Yazidism.[4]
History
In March 1879, British officer Trotter visited the village and described the village as "a large village abandoned and in ruins, evidently quite recently deserted". The village was seemingly plundered and burned by the Ottomans and the villagers had fled to the mountains with their chief while others settled in Meziza.[5]
In 2014, a Bundestag report stated that refugees from the village had difficulties returning to the village by paramilitary and Islamic-fundamentalistic groups.[6]
Location
Kefnas is located ca. 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) east of the Yazidi village Koçan and ca. 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) northeast of the Yazidi village Denwan.
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1935 | 205[7] | — |
| 1965 | 625[8] | +204.9% |
| 1973 | 844[9] | +35.0% |
| 1985 | 1,184[10] | +40.3% |
| 2000 | 0[11] | −100.0% |
| 2021 | 254 | — |
References
- ^ a b "31 ARALIK 2021 TARİHLİ ADRESE DAYALI NÜFUS KAYIT SİSTEMİ (ADNKS) SONUÇLARI" (XLS). TÜİK (in Turkish). Retrieved 16 December 2022.
- ^ Sediyani, İbrahim (2009). Adını arayan coğrafya (in Turkish). Özedönüş Yayınları. p. 255. ISBN 9786054296002.
- ^ Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
- ^ a b c Torî, Wêlate (2000). Bir Kürt düşüncesi Yezidilik ve Yezidiler (in Turkish). Berfin Yayınları. p. 47.
- ^ "Inclosure 1 in No. 26. Major Trotter to Mr. Malet.". Accounts and Papers: Forty-one volumes. Vol. 80. Harvard College Library. 1878–1879. p. 57.
- ^ "Situation von Angehörigen der ezidischen Religionsgemeinschaft" (PDF). bundestag.de (in German). Deutscher Bundestag. 2014. p. 2. Retrieved 2019-02-11.
- ^ Tan, Altan (2018). Turabidin'den Berriye'ye. Aşiretler - Dinler - Diller - Kültürler (in Turkish). p. 549. ISBN 9789944360944.
- ^ Census of population by administrative division: province, district, sub-district, and village (muhtarlık) population. T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet İstatistik Enstitüsü. 1968. p. 479.
- ^ Census of population by administrative division. Devlet İstatistik Enstitüsü. 1973. p. 438.
- ^ Genel nüfus sayımı: Mardın. Başbakanlık, Devlet İstatistik Enstitüsü. 1987.
- ^ Genel nüfus sayımı 2000: Mardin (in Turkish). T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet İstatistik Enstitüsü. 2002. p. 67.