Doğançay (Kurdish: Mizîzex; Syriac: Mzīzāḥ)[2][nb 1] is a village in the district of Midyat, Mardin Province in Turkey.[5] It is populated by Assyrians and by Kurds of the Zaxuran tribe.[6] The village had a population of 159 in 2021.[1] It is located in the historic region of Tur Abdin.[7]
Doğançay | |
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  Doğançay Location in Turkey | |
| Coordinates: 37°22′19″N 41°26′53″E / 37.372°N 41.448°E | |
| Country | Turkey |
| Province | Mardin |
| District | Midyat |
| Population (2021)[1] | 159 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (TRT) |
History
editIn 1914, Mzīzāḥ (today called Doğançay) was inhabited by 350 Assyrians, according to the list presented to the Paris Peace Conference by the Assyro-Chaldean delegation.[8] They adhered to the Syriac Orthodox Church.[9] Amidst the Sayfo, the Assyrians of Mzīzāḥ fled with their possessions in July 1915 upon hearing of the attack on Midyat to ‘Ayn-Wardo, where they subsequently came under siege.[10] Mas’ud Shabo from the Musa Gebro family of Mzīzāḥ was chosen to lead the defence of ‘Ayn-Wardo.[10] Those who attempted to return Mzīzāḥ after a ceasefire had been agreed were shot.[11] The Assyrians were able to return to the village with the aid of Çelebi Ağa after his release from prison following the end of the First World War.[12]
The first Turkish primary school was founded at Mzīzāḥ in 1953.[13] In 1960, the population was 927.[4] There were 724 Turoyo-speaking Christians in 100 families at Mzīzāḥ in 1966 and were served by one priest.[4] By 1980, the village was inhabited by 150 families, half of whom were Assyrian whilst the other half was Kurdish.[13] In the late 20th century, a number of Assyrians emigrated abroad to Germany.[14] In 2003, the restoration of the Church of Mar-Yuhanon was financed by the village's expatriate community.[14]
Demography
editThe following is a list of the number of Assyrian families that have inhabited Mzīzāḥ per year stated. Unless otherwise stated, all figures are from the list provided in Eastern Christianity, Theological Reflection on Religion, Culture, and Politics in the Holy Land and Christian Encounter with Islam and the Muslim World, as noted in the bibliography below.[15][nb 2]
The following is a list of the number of Kurdish families that have inhabited Mzīzāḥ per year stated.
Notable people
edit- Derwich Ferho (b. 1961), Kurdish activist
References
editNotes
Citations
- ^ a b "31 ARALIK 2021 TARİHLİ ADRESE DAYALI NÜFUS KAYIT SİSTEMİ (ADNKS) SONUÇLARI" (XLS). TÜİK (in Turkish). Retrieved 16 December 2022.
- ^ Palmer (1990), p. 264.
- ^ Barsoum (2008), p. 16; Jongerden & Verheij (2012), p. 323; Gaunt (2006), p. 240; Ritter (1967), p. 12.
- ^ a b c Ritter (1967), p. 12.
- ^ "Türkiye Mülki İdare Bölümleri Envanteri". T.C. İçişleri Bakanlığı (in Turkish). Retrieved 19 December 2022.
- ^ Tan (2011), p. 140.
- ^ Barsoum (2008), p. 16.
- ^ a b Gaunt (2006), p. 427.
- ^ Jongerden & Verheij (2012), p. 323.
- ^ a b Gaunt (2006), pp. 202, 240.
- ^ Gaunt (2006), p. 205.
- ^ Jongerden & Verheij (2012), p. 264.
- ^ a b Atto (2011), p. 70.
- ^ a b c d Courtois (2013), p. 147.
- ^ a b Brock (2021), p. 167.
- ^ Gaunt (2006), p. 427; Courtois (2004), p. 226.
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.
- Brock, Sebastian (2021). "The Syrian Orthodox Church in the twentieth century". Eastern Christianity, Theological Reflection on Religion, Culture, and Politics in the Holy Land and Christian Encounter with Islam and the Muslim World (PDF). Living Stones of the Holy Land Trust. pp. 155–181. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
- Courtois, Sébastien de (2004). The Forgotten Genocide: Eastern Christians, The Last Arameans. Translated by Vincent Aurora. Gorgias Press.
- Courtois, Sébastien de (2013). "Tur Abdin : Réflexions sur l'état présent descommunautés syriaques du Sud-Est de la Turquie,mémoire, exils, retours". Cahier du Gremmamo (in French). 21: 113–150.
- 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.
- 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.
- Tan, Altan (2011). Turabidin'den Berriye'ye. Aşiretler - Dinler - Diller - Kültürler (in Turkish).