Güçlü, Silvan

Güçlü
Güçlü
Location in Turkey
Coordinates: 38°07′38″N 40°54′34″E / 38.12722°N 40.90944°E / 38.12722; 40.90944
CountryTurkey
ProvinceDiyarbakır
DistrictSilvan
Population
 (2022)
582
Time zoneUTC+3 (TRT)

Güçlü (Kurdish: Zêrê; Syriac: Zere)[1][a] is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Silvan, Diyarbakır Province in Turkey.[3] It is populated by Kurds and had a population of 582 in 2022.[4][5]

History

Zere (today called Güçlü) was historically inhabited by Chaldean Catholics, Syriac Orthodox Christians, and Kurdish-speaking Armenians.[6] There were 25 Armenian hearths in 1880.[7] It was located in the kaza (district) of Silvan in the Diyarbekir sanjak in the Diyarbekir vilayet in c. 1900.[8]

By 1913, there were 120 recently converted Chaldean Catholics at the village who were served by one priest without a church as part of the archdiocese of Amida.[9] In 1914, it was populated by 200 Syriacs, according to the list presented to the Paris Peace Conference by the Assyro-Chaldean delegation.[10] The Armenians were attacked by the Belek, Bekran, Şegro, and other Kurdish tribes in May 1915 amidst the Armenian genocide.[11]

References

Notes

  1. ^ Also known as Chera, Zéra, Zéré, Zeri, or Ziri.[2]

Citations

  1. ^ Wilmshurst (2000), p. 53.
  2. ^ Jongerden & Verheij (2012), p. 313; Kévorkian (2006), p. 273.
  3. ^ Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
  4. ^ "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
  5. ^ Tîgrîs & Çakar (2012), p. 497.
  6. ^ Jongerden & Verheij (2012), p. 313; Kévorkian (2011), p. 367.
  7. ^ Kévorkian (2006), p. 273.
  8. ^ Jongerden & Verheij (2012), p. 313.
  9. ^ Wilmshurst (2000), p. 53; Gaunt (2006), p. 429.
  10. ^ Gaunt (2006), p. 422.
  11. ^ Kévorkian (2011), pp. 367–368.

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