Aydınkonak, Batman
Aydınkonak | |
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  Aydınkonak Location in Turkey | |
| Coordinates: 37°53′41″N 41°09′51″E / 37.89461°N 41.16405°E | |
| Country | Turkey |
| Province | Batman |
| District | Batman |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (TRT) |
Aydınkonak (Syriac: Kūrik)[1][a] is a neighbourhood in the District of Batman, Batman Province, Turkey. As of 2011, it had a population of 1578 people.[3]
History
Kūrik (today called Aydınkonak) was historically inhabited by Syriac Orthodox Christians and Kurdish-speaking Armenians.[4] In the Syriac Orthodox patriarchal register of dues of 1870, it was recorded that the village had 10 households, who paid 24 dues, and did not have a church or a priest.[1] There were 11 Armenian hearths in 1880.[5] There was an Armenian church of Surb Hakob.[5]
It is tentatively identified with the village of Kureké, which was populated by 200 Syriacs in 1914, according to the list presented to the Paris Peace Conference by the Assyro-Chaldean delegation.[6] It was located in the kaza (district) of Beşiri.[7] The Armenians were attacked by the Belek, Bekran, Şegro, and other Kurdish tribes in May 1915 amidst the Armenian genocide.[8]
References
Notes
Citations
- ^ a b Bcheiry (2009), p. 42.
- ^ Jongerden & Verheij (2012), p. 318; Kévorkian (2006), p. 270.
- ^ "Population of city, towns and villages - 2011". Turkish Statistical Institute. Archived from the original on 27 October 2014. Retrieved 12 December 2012.
- ^ Jongerden & Verheij (2012), p. 317; Kévorkian (2011), p. 367; Bcheiry (2009), p. 42.
- ^ a b Kévorkian (2006), p. 270.
- ^ Jongerden & Verheij (2012), p. 318; Gaunt (2006), p. 427.
- ^ Gaunt (2006), p. 427.
- ^ Kévorkian (2011), pp. 367–368.
Bibliography
- 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 The Syriac Orthodox Patriarchal Register of Dues of 1870: An Unpublished Historical Document from the Late Ottoman Period.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 H. (2006). "Demographic Changes in the Armenian Population of Diarbekir, 1895-1914". In Richard G. Hovannisian (ed.). Armenian Tigranakert/Diarbekir and Edessa/Urfa. Mazda Publishers. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
- Kévorkian, Raymond (2011). The Armenian Genocide: A Complete History. I.B. Tauris.