Kocalar, Batman
Kocalar | |
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Kocalar Location in Turkey | |
| Coordinates: 37°57′54″N 41°07′16″E / 37.965°N 41.121°E | |
| Country | Turkey |
| Province | Batman |
| District | Batman |
| Population (2021)[1] | 1,014 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (TRT) |
Kocalar (Kurdish: Qoca; Syriac: Qūğā)[2][a] is a village in the Batman District of Batman Province in Turkey.[4] The village had a population of 1,014 in 2021.[1]
History
Qūğā (today called Kocalar) was historically inhabited by Syriac Orthodox Christians and Kurdish-speaking Armenians.[5] In the Syriac Orthodox patriarchal register of dues of 1870, it was recorded that the village had 5 households, who paid 16 dues, and did not have a church or a priest.[2] There were 50 Armenian hearths in 1880.[6] There was an Armenian church of Surb Nshan.[6]
It was populated by 50 Syriacs in 1914, according to the list presented to the Paris Peace Conference by the Assyro-Chaldean delegation.[7] It was located in the kaza (district) of Beşiri.[8] The Armenians were attacked by the Belek, Bekran, Şegro, and other Kurdish tribes in May 1915 amidst the Armenian genocide.[9]
References
Notes
Citations
- ^ a b "31 ARALIK 2021 TARİHLİ ADRESE DAYALI NÜFUS KAYIT SİSTEMİ (ADNKS) SONUÇLARI" (XLS). TÜİK (in Turkish). Retrieved 16 December 2022.
- ^ a b Bcheiry (2009), p. 42.
- ^ Jongerden & Verheij (2012), p. 318; Bcheiry (2009), p. 42; Kévorkian (2006), p. 269.
- ^ "Türkiye Mülki İdare Bölümleri Envanteri". T.C. İçişleri Bakanlığı (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 6 March 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
- ^ Jongerden & Verheij (2012), p. 318; Kévorkian (2011), p. 367.
- ^ a b Kévorkian (2006), p. 269.
- ^ Jongerden & Verheij (2012), p. 318; Gaunt (2006), p. 427.
- ^ Gaunt (2006), p. 427.
- ^ Kévorkian (2011), pp. 367–368.
Bibliography
- Bcheiry, Iskandar (2009). The Syriac Orthodox Patriarchal Register of Dues of 1870: An Unpublished Historical Document from the Late Ottoman Period. Gorgias Press. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
- 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.
- Kévorkian, Raymond H. (2006). "Demographic Changes in the Armenian Population of Diarbekir, 1895-1914". In Richard G. Hovannisian (ed.). Armenian Tigranakert/Diarbekir and Edessa/Urfa. Mazda Publishers. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
- Kévorkian, Raymond (2011). The Armenian Genocide: A Complete History. I.B. Tauris.