Coordinates: 37°38′49″N 41°27′11″E / 37.647°N 41.453°E / 37.647; 41.453

Akyar, Gercüş

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Akyar
File:Merwaniyê-kercewsê.jpg
Location in Turkey
Coordinates: 37°38′49″N 41°27′11″E / 37.647°N 41.453°E / 37.647; 41.453
CountryTurkey
ProvinceBatman
DistrictGercüş
Population
 (2021)[1]
256
Time zoneUTC+3 (TRT)

Akyar (Kurdish: Mervanîye; Syriac: Marwaniye)[2][nb 1] is a village in the Gercüş District of Batman Province in Turkey.[4] The village is populated by Kurds of the Kercoz tribe and had a population of 256 in 2021.[1][5]

History

Marwaniye (today called Akyar) was historically inhabited by Syriac Orthodox Assyrians.[6] There were ten Assyrian families in 1915.[7] Amidst the Sayfo, all but one of the Assyrians at Marwaniye were murdered.[2] By 1987, there were no remaining Assyrians.[7]

References

Notes

  1. Alternatively transliterated as Marvani, Marwaniyeh, or Mervani.[3]

Citations

  1. 1.0 1.1 "31 ARALIK 2021 TARİHLİ ADRESE DAYALI NÜFUS KAYIT SİSTEMİ (ADNKS) SONUÇLARI" (XLS). TÜİK (in Türkçe). Retrieved 16 December 2022.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Gaunt (2006), p. 238.
  3. Jongerden & Verheij (2012), p. 321; Courtois (2004), p. 227.
  4. "Türkiye Mülki İdare Bölümleri Envanteri". T.C. İçişleri Bakanlığı (in Türkçe). Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  5. Tan (2018), p. 172.
  6. Jongerden & Verheij (2012), p. 321.
  7. 7.0 7.1 Courtois (2004), p. 227.

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