Başakköy, İdil
Başakköy | |
|---|---|
  Başakköy Location in Turkey | |
| Coordinates: 37°21′32″N 41°42′58″E / 37.359°N 41.716°E | |
| Country | Turkey |
| Province | Şırnak |
| District | İdil |
| Population (2021)[1] | 124 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (TRT) |
Başakköy (Kurdish: Basaqê, Syriac: Bēth Isḥaq)[2][nb 1] is a village in the İdil District of Şırnak Province in Turkey.[6] The village is populated by Kurds of the Domanan tribe and had a population of 124 in 2021.[1][7] It is located in the historic region of Tur Abdin.[3]
There was a church of Mar Addai; it is now used as a stable.[5]
History[edit]
Bēth Isḥaq (today called Başakköy) was historically exclusively inhabited by Syriac Orthodox Assyrians.[5][4] In 1395, Amir Shah, son of Timur, plundered the region of Tur Abdin following the destruction of Diyarbakır, and devastated Bēth Isḥaq in an attack in which all the men were killed and all the women and children were taken captive.[8]
According to the account of the priest Addai of Beth Sbirino, it was later also attacked by Bakhti Kurds in 1453 alongside the neighbouring villages of Beth Sbirino, Midun, and Araban.[9] The Bakhti Kurds attacked Bēth Isḥaq, in addition to the villages of Midun and Araban, again in 1457.[10]
Amidst the Sayfo in 1915, a number of villagers sought protection at Beth Sbirino whilst Bēth Isḥaq itself was destroyed.[5]
References[edit]
Notes
Citations
- ^ a b "31 ARALIK 2021 TARİHLİ ADRESE DAYALI NÜFUS KAYIT SİSTEMİ (ADNKS) SONUÇLARI" (XLS). TÜİK (in Turkish). Retrieved 16 December 2022.
- ^ Palmer (1990), p. xxi.
- ^ a b Barsoum (2008), p. 15.
- ^ a b Jongerden & Verheij (2012), p. 321.
- ^ a b c d Gaunt (2006), p. 206.
- ^ "Türkiye Mülki İdare Bölümleri Envanteri". T.C. İçişleri Bakanlığı (in Turkish). Retrieved 19 December 2022.
- ^ Baz (2016), p. 148.
- ^ Barsoum (2008), pp. 68, 75–76.
- ^ Barsoum (2008), p. 70.
- ^ Barsoum (2008), p. 71.
Bibliography[edit]
- Barsoum, Aphrem (2008). The History of Tur Abdin. Translated by Matti Moosa. Gorgias Press. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
- Baz, Ibrahim (2016). Şırnak aşiretleri ve kültürü (in Turkish). p. 148. ISBN 9786058849631.
- 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 (2012). Social Relations in Ottoman Diyarbekir, 1870-1915. Brill.
- Palmer, Andrew (1990). Monk and Mason on the Tigris Frontier: The Early History of Tur Abdin. Cambridge University Press. Retrieved 15 July 2020.