Dargeçit

Dargeçit (Kurdish: Kerboran[2]) is a town and seat of the Dargeçit District of Mardin Province in Turkey.[3] The town is principally populated by Kurds of the Erebiyan tribe and had a population of 14,976 in 2021.[1][4]

Dargeçit
Municipality
Coordinates: 37.544°N 41.720°E / 37.544; 41.720
CountryTurkey
Elevation
940 m (3,080 ft)
Population
 (2021)[1]
14,976
Time zoneTRT (UTC+3)
Websitewww.dargecit.bel.tr

Neighborhoods

The town is divided into the four neighborhoods of Bahçebaşı, Safa, Saray and Tepebaşı.[3]

History

In the nineteenth century, all the urban sttlements in this zone, including Midyat and Kerboran, as well as Mardin and a lot of villages around them and in the Tur Abdin area were populated by Assyrians.[5]

References
  1. "31 ARALIK 2021 TARİHLİ ADRESE DAYALI NÜFUS KAYIT SİSTEMİ (ADNKS) SONUÇLARI" (XLS). TÜİK (in Turkish). Retrieved 16 December 2022.
  2. Avcıkıran, Adem (2009). Kürtçe Anamnez, Anamneza bi Kurmancî. p. 55.
  3. "Türkiye Mülki İdare Bölümleri Envanteri". T.C. İçişleri Bakanlığı (in Turkish). Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  4. Tan, Altan (2011). Turabidin'den Berriye'ye & Aşiretler (in Turkish). Nûbihar. p. 110.
  5. Jongerden, Joost; Verheij, Jelle (2012-08-03). Social Relations in Ottoman Diyarbekir, 1870-1915. BRILL. pp. 24–25. ISBN 978-90-04-22518-3.
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