Pınarbaşı, Bismil
Pınarbaşı | |
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  Pınarbaşı Location in Turkey | |
| Coordinates: 37°42′40″N 40°53′02″E / 37.711°N 40.884°E | |
| Country | Turkey |
| Province | Diyarbakır |
| District | Bismil |
| Population (2022)[1] | 218 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (TRT) |
Pınarbaşı (Kurdish: Matarê;[2] Syriac: Maṭarī)[3][a] is a village in the municipality and district of Bismil, Diyarbakır Province in Turkey.[5] The village is populated by Kurds of the Barava tribe and had a population of 218 in 2022.[1][2]
History
[edit]Maṭarī (today called Pınarbaşı) was historically inhabited by Syriac Orthodox Christians.[4] In the Syriac Orthodox patriarchal register of dues of 1870, it was recorded that the village had twenty-six households that owed dues, of whom eight paid, and was served by one priest.[3] There was a church of Yūldaṯ Alohō.[3] It was located in the district of al-Bahramakiyyah.[3] There were 150 Syriacs in 1914, according to the list presented to the Paris Peace Conference by the Assyro-Chaldean delegation.[6]
References
[edit]Notes
Citations
- ^ a b "Address Based Population Registration System Results". Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (in Turkish). Retrieved 15 February 2023.
- ^ a b Tan (2018), p. 288.
- ^ a b c d Bcheiry (2009), p. 41.
- ^ a b Jongerden & Verheij (2012), p. 314.
- ^ "Türkiye Mülki İdare Bölümleri Envanteri". T.C. İçişleri Bakanlığı (in Turkish). Retrieved 19 December 2022.
- ^ Gaunt (2006), p. 428.
Bibliography
[edit]- 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 The Syriac Orthodox Patriarchal Register of Dues of 1870: An Unpublished Historical Document from the Late Ottoman Period.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.
- Tan, Altan (2018). Turabidin'den Berriye'ye. Aşiretler - Dinler - Diller - Kültürler (in Turkish). ISBN 9789944360944.