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Karabayır, Dargeçit

Coordinates: 37°33′54″N 41°49′01″E / 37.565°N 41.817°E / 37.565; 41.817
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Karabayır
Karabayır is located in Turkey
Karabayır
Karabayır
Location in Turkey
Coordinates: 37°33′54″N 41°49′01″E / 37.565°N 41.817°E / 37.565; 41.817
CountryTurkey
ProvinceMardin
DistrictDargeçit
Population
 (2021)[1]
1,020
Time zoneUTC+3 (TRT)

Karabayır (Kurdish: Zengan, Syriac: Zangan) is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Dargeçit, Mardin Province in Turkey.[2] The village is populated by Kurds of the Erebiyan tribe and had a population of 1,020 in 2021.[1][3]

History

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Zangan (today called Karabayır) was historically inhabited by Syriac Orthodox Assyrians.[4] In 1915, there were 30 Assyrian families.[5] Amidst the Sayfo, they were killed by the Ali Rammo tribe.[6]

References

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  1. ^ a b "31 ARALIK 2021 TARİHLİ ADRESE DAYALI NÜFUS KAYIT SİSTEMİ (ADNKS) SONUÇLARI" (XLS). TÜİK (in Turkish). Retrieved 16 December 2022.
  2. ^ "Türkiye Mülki İdare Bölümleri Envanteri". T.C. İçişleri Bakanlığı (in Turkish). Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  3. ^ Tan (2018), p. 112.
  4. ^ Jongerden & Verheij (2012), p. 323.
  5. ^ Courtois (2004), p. 227; Gaunt (2006), p. 270.
  6. ^ Gaunt (2006), p. 270.

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