Özbek, İdil

Özbek
Village
Özbek Location in Turkey
Coordinates: 37.177°N 41.693°E / 37.177; 41.693
Country	Turkey
Province	Şırnak
District	İdil
Population  (2021)[1]	825
Time zone	UTC+3 (TRT)

Özbek (Kurdish: Tilseqan,[2] Syriac: Tel-Sefan)[nb 1] is a village in the İdil District of Şırnak Province in Turkey.[4] The village is populated by Kurds of the Botikan tribe and had a population of 825 in 2021.[1][2]

The hamlet of Tuğlu is attached to Özbek.[4]

History

Tel-Sefan (today called Özbek) was historically inhabited by Syriac Orthodox Assyrians.[3] In 1914, the village was populated by 300 Assyrians, according to the Assyro-Chaldean delegation to the Paris Peace Conference.[5]

References

Notes

1. Alternatively transliterated as Telsakam, Telsekan, or Telsakan.[3]

Citations

1. "31 ARALIK 2021 TARİHLİ ADRESE DAYALI NÜFUS KAYIT SİSTEMİ (ADNKS) SONUÇLARI" (XLS). TÜİK (in Turkish). Retrieved 16 December 2022.
2. Tan (2018), p. 165.
3. Jongerden & Verheij (2012), p. 325.
4. "Türkiye Mülki İdare Bölümleri Envanteri". T.C. İçişleri Bakanlığı (in Turkish). Retrieved 19 December 2022.
5. Gaunt (2006), p. 425.

Bibliography

• 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.
• Tan, Altan (2018). Turabidin'den Berriye'ye. Aşiretler - Dinler - Diller - Kültürler (in Turkish). Pak Ajans Yayincilik Turizm Ve Diş Ticaret Limited şirketi. p. 165. ISBN 9789944360944.