Balaban (Kurdish: Birêgiriya;[a] Syriac: Bīrgurīya)[3][b] is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Nusaybin, Mardin Province in Turkey.[5] The village is populated by Syriacs and Muslim and Yazidi Kurds of the Mizizex tribe.[6] It had a population of 347 in 2021.[1][7]
Balaban | |
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  Balaban Location in Turkey | |
| Coordinates: 37°07′37″N 41°30′43″E / 37.127°N 41.512°E | |
| Country | Turkey |
| Province | Mardin |
| District | Nusaybin |
| Population (2021)[1] | 347 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (TRT) |
Etymology
editThe Syriac name of the village is derived from "biro" ("well" in Syriac).[8]
History
editBīrgurīya (today called Balaban) was historically inhabited by Syriac Orthodox Christians.[9] In the Syriac Orthodox patriarchal register of dues of 1870, it was recorded that the village had thirty-five households that owed dues, of whom eight paid, and did not have a church or a priest.[10] There were 300 Syriacs in 1914, according to the list presented to the Paris Peace Conference by the Assyro-Chaldean delegation.[11] Amidst the Sayfo, all of the Syriacs were murdered by Kurds from Kfar-Gawze.[8] In 1966, the population was 455, including 140 Turoyo-speaking Christians in 20 families.[3] By 2013, there were ten Syriacs in two families and two Yazidi families.[12]
References
editNotes
Citations
- ^ a b "31 ARALIK 2021 TARİHLİ ADRESE DAYALI NÜFUS KAYIT SİSTEMİ (ADNKS) SONUÇLARI" (XLS). TÜİK (in Turkish). Retrieved 16 December 2022.
- ^ Biner (2020), p. x.
- ^ a b Ritter (1967), p. 15.
- ^ Jongerden & Verheij (2012), p. 324; Ritter (1967), p. 15; Bcheiry (2009), p. 60; Biner (2020), p. x.
- ^ Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
- ^ Courtois (2013), p. 148; Turan (1993), p. 54.
- ^ Tan (2018), "Harita 2: Turabidin ve Berriyê mıntıkalarında yer alan aşiretlerin sınırları ile il, ilçe, köy ve mezralar" [Map 2: The borders of the tribes and provinces, districts, villages and hamlets in the Turabidin and Berriyê regions].
- ^ a b Gaunt (2006), p. 211.
- ^ Jongerden & Verheij (2012), p. 324.
- ^ Bcheiry (2009), p. 60.
- ^ Gaunt (2006), p. 425.
- ^ Courtois (2013), p. 148.
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 The Syriac Orthodox Patriarchal Register of Dues of 1870: An Unpublished Historical Document from the Late Ottoman Period.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.
- Biner, Zerrin Özlem (2020). States of Dispossession: Violence and Precarious Coexistence in Southeast Turkey. University of Pennsylvania Press. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
- Courtois, Sébastien de (2013). "Tur Abdin : Réflexions sur l'état présent descommunautés syriaques du Sud-Est de la Turquie,mémoire, exils, retours". Cahier du Gremmamo (in French). 21: 113–150.
- 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.
- Ritter, Hellmut (1967). Turoyo: Die Volkssprache der Syrischen Christen des Tur 'Abdin (in German). Vol. 1. Franz Steiner Verlag.
- Tan, Altan (2018). Turabidin'den Berriye'ye. Aşiretler - Dinler - Diller - Kültürler (in Turkish). Pak Ajans Yayincilik Turizm Ve Diş Ticaret Limited şirketi. ISBN 9789944360944.
- Turan, Ahmet (1993). Yezidiler Tarihçeleri Coğrafi Dağılımları İnançları Örf ve Adetleri (in Turkish).