Kocapınar (Kurdish: Emerîn;[2] Syriac: ‘Amīrīn)[3][a] is a village in the Cizre District of Şırnak Province in Turkey.[5] The village is populated by Kurds of the Amara and Meman tribes and had a population of 806 in 2021.[1][6]
Kocapınar | |
|---|---|
  Kocapınar Location in Turkey | |
| Coordinates: 37°17′38″N 42°03′54″E / 37.294°N 42.065°E | |
| Country | Turkey |
| Province | Şırnak |
| District | Cizre |
| Population (2021)[1] | 806 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (TRT) |
History
edit‘Amīrīn (today called Kocapınar) was historically inhabited by adherents of the Church of the East.[7] The priest and monk Gīwārgīs of ‘Amīrīn is attested at the Monastery of Mār Aḥḥā the Egyptian in 1540.[8] In 1914, it was inhabited by 300 Assyrians, according to the list presented to the Paris Peace Conference by the Assyro-Chaldean delegation.[9] There were 250 Syriac Orthodox Christians and some Chaldean Catholic families.[10] Amidst the Sayfo, on 1 June 1915, most of the Assyrians were taken and killed by the Kurds of the Esene, Mammi, and ‘Alikan tribes.[11] Fifteen families were able to escape under the protection of the Kurdish sheikh ‘Abde from Batelle, who escorted them to Azekh.[10] The village was subsequently seized by Kurds.[12]
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. 26.
- ^ Bcheiry (2019), p. 57.
- ^ Jongerden & Verheij (2012), p. 328; Gaunt (2006), p. 220; Wilmshurst (2000), p. 111.
- ^ "Türkiye Mülki İdare Bölümleri Envanteri". T.C. İçişleri Bakanlığı (in Turkish). Retrieved 19 December 2022.
- ^ Baz (2016), pp. 107, 110.
- ^ Wilmshurst (2000), p. 111.
- ^ Wilmshurst (2000), p. 115.
- ^ Gaunt (2006), p. 426.
- ^ a b Gaunt (2006), p. 220.
- ^ Gaunt (2006), p. 220; Courtois (2004), pp. 187–199.
- ^ Gaunt (2006), p. 392.
Bibliography
edit- Baz, Ibrahim (2016). Şırnak aşiretleri ve kültürü (in Turkish). ISBN 9786058849631.
- Bcheiry, Iskandar (2019). "Digitizing and Schematizing the Archival Material from the Late Ottoman Period Found in the Monastery of al-Zaʿfarān in Southeast Turkey" (PDF). Atla Summary of Proceedings. 72 (January): 50–61. doi:10.31046/proceedings.2018.113. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
- 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.
- Wilmshurst, David (2000). The Ecclesiastical Organisation of the Church of the East, 1318–1913 (PDF). Peeters Publishers. Retrieved 30 October 2024.