Demiryol, Batman

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Demiryol
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Demiryol is located in Turkey
Demiryol
Demiryol
Location in Turkey
Coordinates: 37°55′N 41°09′E / 37.917°N 41.150°E / 37.917; 41.150
CountryTurkey
ProvinceBatman
DistrictBatman
Time zoneUTC+3 (TRT)

Demiryol (Syriac: Talmarğ)[1][a] is a neighbourhood in the Batman District of Batman Province in Turkey.

History

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Talmarğ (today called Demiryol) was historically inhabited by Syriac Orthodox Christians and Kurdish-speaking Armenians.[3] In the Syriac Orthodox patriarchal register of dues of 1870, it was recorded that the village had 2 households, who paid 17 dues, and had one priest.[1] There was a Syriac Orthodox church.[1]

It was populated by 300 Syriacs in 1914, according to the list presented to the Paris Peace Conference by the Assyro-Chaldean delegation.[4] It was located in the kaza (district) of Beşiri.[5] The Armenians were attacked by the Belek, Bekran, Şegro, and other Kurdish tribes in May 1915 amidst the Armenian genocide.[6]

References

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Notes

  1. ^ Also known as Telmergé, Telmerez, or Tilmerç.[2]

Citations

  1. ^ a b c Bcheiry (2009), p. 42.
  2. ^ Jongerden & Verheij (2012), p. 319.
  3. ^ Jongerden & Verheij (2012), p. 319; Kévorkian (2011), p. 367.
  4. ^ Jongerden & Verheij (2012), p. 319; Gaunt (2006), p. 427.
  5. ^ Gaunt (2006), p. 427.
  6. ^ Kévorkian (2011), pp. 367–368.

Bibliography

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  • 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 The Syriac Orthodox Patriarchal Register of Dues of 1870: An Unpublished Historical Document from the Late Ottoman Period.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 (2011). The Armenian Genocide: A Complete History. I.B. Tauris.