Arapkent, Bismil

Arapkent
Neighbourhood
Arapkent
Location in Turkey
Coordinates: 37°45′50″N 40°51′43″E / 37.764°N 40.862°E / 37.764; 40.862
CountryTurkey
ProvinceDiyarbakır
DistrictBismil
Population
 (2022)[1]
175
Time zoneUTC+3 (TRT)

Arapkent (Kurdish: Arapkendî),[a] formerly known as Bayındır, is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Bismil, Diyarbakır Province in Turkey.[3] The village is populated by Kurds of the Barava tribe and had a population of 175 in 2022.[1][4]

History

Arapkent was historically inhabited by Syriac Orthodox Christians.[2] It was located in the kaza (district) of Silvan in the Diyarbakır sanjak in the Diyarbekir vilayet in c. 1900.[2] In 1914, it was populated by 100 Syriacs, according to the list presented to the Paris Peace Conference by the Assyro-Chaldean delegation.[5] By 1914, it was situated in the Bafaya nahiyah (commune) of the kaza of Beşiri.[6] No survivors of the Sayfo are attested from this area.[7]

References

Notes

  1. ^ Also known as Arabkend and Arakend.[2]

Citations

  1. ^ a b "Address Based Population Registration System Results". Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (in Turkish). Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  2. ^ a b c Jongerden & Verheij (2012), p. 313.
  3. ^ "Türkiye Mülki İdare Bölümleri Envanteri". T.C. İçişleri Bakanlığı (in Turkish). Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  4. ^ Tan (2018), p. 288.
  5. ^ Jongerden & Verheij (2012), p. 313; Gaunt (2006), p. 428.
  6. ^ Gaunt (2006), pp. 226, 428.
  7. ^ Gaunt (2006), p. 226.

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