Tulumtaş, Kurtalan

Tulumtaş
Tulumtaş
Location in Turkey
Coordinates: 37°46′12″N 41°43′48″E / 37.770°N 41.730°E / 37.770; 41.730
CountryTurkey
ProvinceSiirt
DistrictKurtalan
Population
 (2021)[1]
867
Time zoneUTC+3 (TRT)

Tulumtaş (Kurdish: Cefan; Syriac: Gafānī)[2][a] is a village in the Kurtalan District of Siirt Province in Turkey.[4] The village is populated by Kurds of the Erebiyan tribe and had a population of 867 in 2021.[1][5]

The hamlets of Akbulut, Çukurlu and Evciler are attached to Tulumtaş.[4]

History

Gafānī (today called Tulumtaş) was historically inhabited by Syriac Orthodox Christians.[2] In the Syriac Orthodox patriarchal register of dues of 1870, it was recorded that the village had 4 households, who paid 17 dues, and did not have a church or a priest.[2]

According to the Sghert Prelacy survey in 1902, the village had 3 Armenian households and 8 Turkish households.[3] The 1913 Sghert Prelacy survey recorded that the village had 5 Syriac households and 30 Muslim households.[3]

References

Notes

  1. ^ Also known as Djeffen, Djafan, or Jeffen.[3]

Citations

  1. ^ a b "31 ARALIK 2021 TARİHLİ ADRESE DAYALI NÜFUS KAYIT SİSTEMİ (ADNKS) SONUÇLARI" (XLS). TÜİK (in Turkish). Retrieved 16 December 2022.
  2. ^ a b c Bcheiry (2009), p. 50.
  3. ^ a b c Robert A. Tatoyan. "Kaza of Siirt/Sghert – Demography". Houshamadyan. Translated by Simon Beugekian. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
  4. ^ a b "Türkiye Mülki İdare Bölümleri Envanteri". T.C. İçişleri Bakanlığı (in Turkish). Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  5. ^ Tan (2018), p. 111.

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