Girmeli, Nusaybin

Girmeli
Neighbourhood
Girmeli Location in Turkey
Coordinates: 37.113°N 41.428°E / 37.113; 41.428
Country	Turkey
Province	Mardin
District	Nusaybin
Population  (2022)	3,247
Time zone	UTC+3 (TRT)

Girmeli (Kurdish: Girê Mîra, lit. 'Emir hill'; Syriac: Gırēmīrā)[1][nb 1] is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of Nusaybin, Mardin Province, Turkey.[3] The population was 3,247 in 2022.[4] Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town (belde).[5][6] The village is populated by Assyrians and by Kurds of the Mizizex and Omerkan tribes.[7][8]

History

Gırēmīrā (today called Girmeli) was inhabited by 400 Assyrians in 1914, according to the list presented to the Paris Peace Conference by the Assyro-Chaldean delegation.[9] In 1915, there were 70 Assyrian families and 10 Kurdish families.[10] The Assyrians adhered to the Syriac Orthodox Church.[11] Amidst the Sayfo, the Assyrians took refuge elsewhere.[12] The village had a population of 571 in 1960.[1] There were 225 Turoyo-speaking Christians in 34 families in 1966.[1] By 1987, there were 7 Assyrian families.[13]

References

Notes

1. Alternatively transliterated as Girmira, Giremira, Girimira, Gremirah, or Krémira.[2]

Citations

1. Ritter (1967), p. 14.
2. Courtois (2004), p. 225; Gaunt (2006), p. 221; Jongerden & Verheij (2012), p. 324.
3. Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
4. "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
5. "Law No. 6360". Official Gazette (in Turkish). 6 December 2012.
6. "Classification tables of municipalities and their affiliates and local administrative units" (DOC). Official Gazette (in Turkish). 12 September 2010.
7. Aydın (2000), p. 14.
8. Tan, Altan (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] (Map). Turabidin'den Berriyê'ye : Aşiretler Dinler Diller Kültürler (in Turkish). Istanbul: Nûbihar.
9. Gaunt (2006), p. 425.
10. Courtois (2004), p. 225; Gaunt (2006), p. 221.
11. Jongerden & Verheij (2012), p. 324.
12. Gaunt (2006), p. 221.
13. Courtois (2004), p. 225.

Bibliography

• Aydın, Suavi (2000). Mardin: aşiret, cemaat, devlet. Türkiye Ekonomik ve Toplumsal Tarih Vakfı. ISBN 9757306673.
• Courtois, Sébastien de (2004). The Forgotten Genocide: Eastern Christians, The Last Arameans. Translated by Vincent Aurora. Gorgias Press.
• 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.
• Ritter, Hellmut (1967). Turoyo: Die Volkssprache der Syrischen Christen des Tur 'Abdin (in German). Vol. 1. Franz Steiner Verlag.