Üçok, İdil
Üçok | |
|---|---|
  Üçok Location in Turkey | |
| Coordinates: 37°17′28″N 41°54′40″E / 37.291°N 41.911°E | |
| Country | Turkey |
| Province | Şırnak |
| District | İdil |
| Population (2021)[1] | 519 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (TRT) |
Üçok (Kurdish: Babek;[2] Syriac: Babeqqa)[3][a] is a village in the İdil District of Şırnak Province in Turkey.[5] The village is populated by Kurds of the Hesinan tribe and had a population of 519 in 2021.[1]
History
[edit]Babeqqa (today called Üçok) was historically inhabited by Syriac Orthodox Christians.[6] In the Syriac Orthodox patriarchal register of dues of 1870, it was recorded that the village did not have a church or priest and there were 24 households that owed dues, but only 13 paid.[7] Babeqqa was attacked by Hamidiye horsemen led by Mustapha Pasha on 20 December 1901 and five men from the village were killed, seven were wounded, and all of their flocks were stolen.[8] Some people from Azakh who decided to help the people of Babeqqa were consequently ambushed by the Hamidiye en route to the village and a skirmish resulted in the death of eleven men from Azakh and seven injured whilst two Kurds were killed and two were wounded.[8] Amidst the Sayfo, the village was besieged by the Ömerkan, ‘Alikan, and ‘Aliyan tribes on 30 May 1915, but the siege was lifted after they were paid off by the nearby village of Azakh.[9] After a short battle on 20 June 1915, the village's population of 60 Syriac families fled to Azakh.[10] Babeqqa was subsequently seized by the Kurds.[11]
References
[edit]Notes
Citations
- ^ a b "31 ARALIK 2021 TARİHLİ ADRESE DAYALI NÜFUS KAYIT SİSTEMİ (ADNKS) SONUÇLARI" (XLS). TÜİK (in Turkish). Retrieved 16 December 2022.
- ^ Baz (2016), p. 137.
- ^ Gaunt (2006), p. 205.
- ^ Gaunt (2006), p. 205; Courtois (2004), p. 143; Sato (2001), p. 54; Bcheiry (2009), p. 58.
- ^ "Türkiye Mülki İdare Bölümleri Envanteri". T.C. İçişleri Bakanlığı (in Turkish). Retrieved 19 December 2022.
- ^ Jongerden & Verheij (2012), p. 327.
- ^ Bcheiry (2009), p. 58.
- ^ a b Courtois (2004), p. 143.
- ^ Gaunt (2006), p. 277.
- ^ Gaunt (2006), pp. 205, 278.
- ^ Gaunt (2006), p. 392.
Bibliography
[edit]- Baz, Ibrahim (2016). Şırnak aşiretleri ve kültürü (in Turkish). ISBN 9786058849631.
- 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 The Syriac Orthodox Patriarchal Register of Dues of 1870: An Unpublished Historical Document from the Late Ottoman Period.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.
- Courtois, Sébastien de (2004). The Forgotten Genocide: Eastern Christians, The Last Arameans. Translated by Vincent Aurora. Gorgias Press. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
- 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.
- Sato, Noriko (2001). Memory and Social Identity among Syrian Orthodox Christians (PDF). Retrieved 27 December 2019.