Tepealtı, Nusaybin

Tepealtı
Neighbourhood
Tepealtı Location in Turkey
Coordinates: 37.096°N 41.371°E / 37.096; 41.371
Country	Turkey
Province	Mardin
District	Nusaybin
Population  (2021)[1]	699
Time zone	UTC+3 (TRT)

Tepealtı (Kurdish: Tel Yaqub; Syriac: Tel-Ya’qub)[nb 1] is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Nusaybin, Mardin Province in Turkey.[3] The village is populated by Kurds of the Kasikan tribe and had a population of 699 in 2021.[1][4]

History

Tel-Ya’qub (today called Tepealtı) was historically inhabited by Syriac Orthodox Assyrians.[5] It was populated by 300 Assyrians in 1914, as per the list presented to the Paris Peace Conference by the Assyro-Chaldean delegation.[6] There were ten Assyrian families in 1915.[7] Amidst the Sayfo, the Assyrians took refuge at Mharkan, where they were then killed.[8] By 1987, there were no remaining Assyrians.[7]

References

Notes

1. Alternatively transliterated as Tel-Yacoub, Telyakup, or Tilyakup.[2]

Citations

1. "31 ARALIK 2021 TARİHLİ ADRESE DAYALI NÜFUS KAYIT SİSTEMİ (ADNKS) SONUÇLARI" (XLS). TÜİK (in Turkish). Retrieved 16 December 2022.
2. Jongerden & Verheij (2012), p. 325.
3. Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
4. Tan (2018), p. 167.
5. Jongerden & Verheij (2012), p. 326.
6. Gaunt (2006), p. 425.
7. Courtois (2004), p. 225.
8. Gaunt (2006), p. 264.

Bibliography

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