Kayı, İdil

Kayı
Village
Kayı Location in Turkey
Coordinates: 37.374°N 41.783°E / 37.374; 41.783
Country	Turkey
Province	Şırnak
District	İdil
Population  (2021)[1]	169
Time zone	UTC+3 (TRT)

Kayı (Kurdish: Hêdil,[2] Syriac: ܚܕܠ, romanized: Ḥidl)[3][a] is a village in the İdil District of Şırnak Province in Turkey.[5] The village is populated by Kurds of the Omerkan tribe and had a population of 169 in 2021.[1][6] It is located in the historic region of Tur Abdin.[7]

The Monastery of Mar Basus is located near the village.[8]

History

Ḥidl (today called Kayı) is identified with the ancient town of Andulu, located in the Izalla region.[9] The village was historically inhabited by adherents of the Church of the East.[10] Ignatius Behnam Hadloyo, Syriac Orthodox patriarch of Antioch (r. 1445–1454), was born at Ḥidl.[11] The Church of St. Bassus and Susan at Ḥidl was taken over by the Syriac Orthodox Church as a result of the villagers' conversion prior to the 18th century.[10]

In 1914, the village was populated by 100 Assyrians, according to the Assyro-Chaldean delegation to the Paris Peace Conference.[12] There were 20 or 22 Assyrian families at Ḥidl in 1915.[13] Amidst the Sayfo, the villagers took refuge at Azakh and remained there until the end of the massacres.[14] By 1987, there were no remaining Assyrians.[15]

References

Notes

1. Alternatively transliterated as Ḥadl, Hedel, Hedil, Hidel, Hidil, or Hodlé.[4]

Citations

1. "31 ARALIK 2021 TARİHLİ ADRESE DAYALI NÜFUS KAYIT SİSTEMİ (ADNKS) SONUÇLARI" (XLS). TÜİK (in Turkish). Retrieved 16 December 2022.
2. Baz (2016), p. 34.
3. Carlson, Thomas A. (14 January 2014). "Ḥadl - ܚܕܠ". The Syriac Gazetteer. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
4. Gaunt (2006), pp. 225, 426; Jongerden & Verheij (2012), p. 322; Al-Jeloo (2015), p. 114.
5. "Türkiye Mülki İdare Bölümleri Envanteri". T.C. İçişleri Bakanlığı (in Turkish). Retrieved 19 December 2022.
6. Tan (2018), p. 122.
7. Barsoum (2008), p. 15.
8. Barsoum (2008), p. 20.
9. Radner (2006), pp. 295, 297.
10. Al-Jeloo (2015), p. 114.
11. Barsoum (2003), p. 497.
12. Gaunt (2006), pp. 225, 426.
13. Gaunt (2006), p. 225; Courtois (2004), p. 226.
14. Gaunt (2006), p. 225.
15. Courtois (2004), p. 226.

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• Barsoum, Ephrem (2003). The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences. Translated by Matti Moosa (2nd ed.). Gorgias Press. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
• Barsoum, Aphrem (2008). The History of Tur Abdin. Translated by Matti Moosa. Gorgias Press. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
• Baz, Ibrahim (2016). Şırnak aşiretleri ve kültürü (in Turkish). ISBN 9786058849631.
• Courtois, Sébastien de (2004). The Forgotten Genocide: Eastern Christians, The Last Arameans. Translated by Vincent Aurora. Gorgias Press. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
• 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.
• Radner, Karen (2006). "How to reach the Upper Tigris: The route through the Tur Abdin" (PDF). State Archives of Assyria Bulletin. 15: 273–305. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
• Tan, Altan (2018). Turabidin'den Berriye'ye. Aşiretler - Dinler - Diller - Kültürler (in Turkish). Pak Ajans Yayincilik Turizm Ve Diş Ticaret Limited şirketi. ISBN 9789944360944.