Odabaşı (Kurdish: Gündkē Şukro, lit. 'village of Şukro';[2][a] Syriac: Qritho di'Ito)[b] is a village in the municipality and district of Nusaybin, Mardin Province in Turkey.[6] The village is populated by Assyrians and by Kurds of the Mizizex and Omerkan tribes.[7] It had a population of 686 in 2021.[1][8][9]
Odabaşı | |
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  Odabaşı Location in Turkey | |
| Coordinates: 37°06′14″N 41°27′43″E / 37.104°N 41.462°E | |
| Country | Turkey |
| Province | Mardin |
| District | Nusaybin |
| Population (2021)[1] | 686 |
| Time zone | UTC 3 (TRT) |
Etymology
editThe Syriac name of the village is derived from "qritho" ("village" in Syriac) and "'ito" ("church" in Syriac), and thus translates to "village of the church".[10]
History
editQritho di'Ito (today called Odabaşı) was inhabited by 50 Assyrian families in 1915.[4] Most of the Assyrians in the village originated in Hebob.[11] The Assyrians at Qritho di'Ito adhered to the Syriac Orthodox Church.[12] The village was known for the production of cotton and was owned by the Malke Gawriye family.[11]
Amidst the Sayfo, in April, 15 soldiers and the Turkish commander Sheyhe Dolmaji came to the village seeking deserters from the army, but after having tortured some deserters, the commander was killed and the soldiers chased off by the villagers who subsequently took their valuables and found refuge at Hebob.[11] Assyrian refugees from the village of Qewetla who had fled to Qritho di'Ito before continuing on to Beth-Debe were all killed by Al-Khamsin militia under Qaddur Bey and Dakshuri Kurds.[11]
The village had a population of 516 in 1960.[2] In 1966, Qritho di'Ito was inhabited by 600 Turoyo-speaking Christians in 90 families.[2] The village had 800 Turoyo-speakers at one point in the 1960s.[13] By 1987, there were 40 Assyrian families at Qritho di'Ito.[4]
References
editNotes
Citations
- ^ a b "31 ARALIK 2021 TARİHLİ ADRESE DAYALI NÜFUS KAYIT SİSTEMİ (ADNKS) SONUÇLARI" (XLS). TÜİK (in Turkish). Retrieved 16 December 2022.
- ^ a b c Ritter (1967), p. 15.
- ^ Jongerden & Verheij (2012), p. 324; Courtois (2013), p. 148; Ritter (1967), p. 15; Gaunt (2006), p. 248.
- ^ a b c Courtois (2004), p. 225.
- ^ "New case of land grabbing in Syriac village of Igunduke d-'ito (The Village of the Church)". SyriacPress. 29 May 2020. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
- ^ Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
- ^ 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].
- ^ Aşiretler raporu (in Turkish). Kaynak Yayınları. 1998. p. 225.
- ^ "Nusaybin Milli Eğitim Müdüründen Süryani öğrencilere Paskalya ziyareti" (in Turkish). 28 April 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
- ^ Atto (2011), pp. 518–519.
- ^ a b c d Gaunt (2006), p. 248.
- ^ Jongerden & Verheij (2012), p. 324.
- ^ Andrews & Benninghaus (1989), p. 207.
Bibliography
edit- Andrews, Peter Alford; Benninghaus, Rüdiger, eds. (1989). Ethnic Groups in the Republic of Turkey.
- Atto, Naures (2011). Hostages in the Homeland, Orphans in the Diaspora: Identity Discourses Among the Assyrian/Syriac Elites in the European Diaspora (PDF). Leiden University Press. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
- Courtois, Sébastien de (2004). The Forgotten Genocide: Eastern Christians, The Last Arameans. Translated by Vincent Aurora. Gorgias Press. Retrieved 20 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 978-9944-360-94-4.