Yemişli, Uludere

Yemişli
Yemişli is located in Turkey
Yemişli
Yemişli
Location in Turkey
Coordinates: 37°22′08″N 43°04′44″E / 37.369°N 43.079°E / 37.369; 43.079
CountryTurkey
ProvinceŞırnak
DistrictUludere
Population
 (2023)[1]
2,749
Time zoneUTC+3 (TRT)

Yemişli (Kurdish: Mergeh;[2] Syriac: Margā[3]) is a village in the Uludere District of Şırnak Province in Turkey. The village is populated by Kurds of the Goyan tribe and had a population of 2,749 in 2023.[1][2]

The hamlet of Yekmal is attached to Yemişli.[4]

History

[edit]

Margā (today called Yemişli) was inhabited by 760 Chaldean Catholic Assyrians in 1913 and had one church and one priest as part of the diocese of Zakho.[3] The village was destroyed by the Ottoman Army in June 1915 amidst the Sayfo and its inhabitants were later resettled at Berseve near Zakho in Iraq.[5]

Population

[edit]

Population history from 2007 to 2023:[1]

Population
YearPop.±%
20072,119—    
20102,365+11.6%
20153,433+45.2%
20202,885−16.0%
20232,749−4.7%

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b c "Population Of Municipalities, Villages And Quarters". TÜİK. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  2. ^ a b Baz (2016), p. 125.
  3. ^ a b Wilmshurst (2000), p. 109.
  4. ^ Dersan, Nilüfer; Fazlıoğlu, Aygül (2002). "Şırnak ili Uludere ilçesi köyleri katılımcı kırsal kalkınma temelli alan araştırması" (PDF) (in Turkish). p. 7. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  5. ^ Yacoub (2016), pp. 166, 189.

Bibliography

[edit]
  • Baz, Ibrahim (2016). Şırnak aşiretleri ve kültürü (in Turkish). ISBN 9786058849631.
  • Wilmshurst, David (2000). The Ecclesiastical Organisation of the Church of the East, 1318–1913. Peeters Publishers.
  • Yacoub, Joseph (2016). Year of the Sword: The Assyrian Christian Genocide, A History. Translated by James Ferguson. Oxford University Press.