Tepeüstü | |
|---|---|
 Outskirts of the village | |
  Tepeüstü Location in Turkey | |
| Coordinates: 37°06′47″N 41°22′55″E / 37.113°N 41.382°E | |
| Country | Turkey |
| Province | Mardin |
| District | Nusaybin |
| Population (2021)[1] | 1,269 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (TRT) |
Tepeüstü[a] (Kurdish: Tilminar; Syriac: Tel-Manar)[3][b] is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Nusaybin, Mardin Province in Turkey.[5] The village is populated by Kurds of the Kasikan tribe and had a population of 1,269 in 2021.[1][6]
History
[edit]Tel-Manar (today called Tepeüstü) was historically inhabited by Syriac Orthodox Christians.[7] In the Syriac Orthodox patriarchal register of dues of 1870, it was recorded that the village had eleven households, who paid thirty dues, and it did not have a church or a priest.[2] In 1914, it was populated by 150 Syriacs, as per the list presented to the Paris Peace Conference by the Assyro-Chaldean delegation.[8] There were ten Syriac families in 1915.[9] Amidst the Sayfo, the Syriacs took refuge at Mharkan, where they were then killed by Yusuf Hajo.[3] By 1987, there were no remaining Syriacs.[9]
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.
- ^ a b Bcheiry (2009), p. 63.
- ^ a b Gaunt (2006), p. 264.
- ^ Jongerden & Verheij (2012), p. 325; Courtois (2004), p. 225; Bcheiry (2009), p. 63.
- ^ Mahalle Archived 6 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
- ^ Tan (2018), p. 167.
- ^ Jongerden & Verheij (2012), p. 326.
- ^ Gaunt (2006), p. 425.
- ^ a b Courtois (2004), p. 225.
Bibliography
[edit]- 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 The Syriac Orthodox Patriarchal Register of Dues of 1870: An Unpublished Historical Document from the Late Ottoman Period.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.
- Courtois, Sébastien de (2004). The Forgotten Genocide: Eastern Christians, The Last Arameans. Translated by Vincent Aurora. Gorgias Press. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
- 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.
- Tan, Altan (2018). Turabidin'den Berriye'ye. Aşiretler - Dinler - Diller - Kültürler (in Turkish). Pak Ajans Yayincilik Turizm Ve Diş Ticaret Limited şirketi. ISBN 9789944360944.