Uçarlı, İdil

Uçarlı
Village
Uçarlı Location in Turkey
Coordinates: 37.301°N 41.710°E / 37.301; 41.710
Country	Turkey
Province	Şırnak
District	İdil
Population  (2021)[1]	314
Time zone	UTC+3 (TRT)

Uçarlı (Arabic: تمرس, Kurdish: Temerz;[2] Syriac: ܬܡܪܙ, romanized: Tamars)[3][a] is a village in the İdil District of Şırnak Province in Turkey.[6] The village is populated by Kurds of the Domanan tribe and had a population of 314 in 2021.[1][2] It is located in the historic region of Tur Abdin.[7]

History

Tamars (today called Uçarlı) was historically inhabited by Assyrians.[8] They had originally adhered to the Church of the East but converted to the Chaldean Catholic Church and the Syriac Orthodox Church in the 19th century.[9] There was a Syriac Orthodox church of the Loaf.[10] The church of St. Abba Sallara at Tamars, which had originally belonged to the Church of the East, became Syriac Orthodox following the villagers' conversion.[11]

In 1915, the village was inhabited by 20 Assyrian families.[12] It served as the residence of the Kurdish chief Muhamma ‘Alo and his clan who belonged to the Haverkan confederation.[13] Amidst the Sayfo, upon hearing of the attack on the neighbouring village of Midun, the Assyrians of Tamars were escorted to safety at Beth Sbirino by Muhamma ‘Alo.[13] The village had a population of 147 in 1960.[5] There were 26 Turoyo-speaking Christians in five families at Tamars in 1966.[5] By 1987, there were no remaining Assyrians.[14]

References

Notes

1. Alternatively transliterated as Tämmärz, Tamarz, Tamarzé, Tamers, Tamziri, or Temerzi.[4] Nisba: Tämmärzī.[5]

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. 148.
3. Carlson, Thomas A. (9 December 2016). "Tamars - ܬܡܪܙ". The Syriac Gazetteer. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
4. Jongerden & Verheij (2012), p. 323; Al-Jeloo (2015), p. 114; Courtois (2004), p. 226; Ritter (1967).
5. Ritter (1967), p. 13.
6. "Türkiye Mülki İdare Bölümleri Envanteri". T.C. İçişleri Bakanlığı (in Turkish). Retrieved 19 December 2022.
7. Barsoum (2003), p. 559; Barsoum (2008), p. 16.
8. Jongerden & Verheij (2012), p. 323.
9. Gaunt (2006), p. 261; Al-Jeloo (2015), p. 114.
10. Barsoum (2008), p. 18.
11. Al-Jeloo (2015), p. 114.
12. Gaunt (2006), p. 261; Courtois (2004), p. 226.
13. Gaunt (2006), p. 261.
14. Courtois (2004), p. 226.

Bibliography

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• Barsoum, Aphrem (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.
• Ritter, Hellmut (1967). Turoyo: Die Volkssprache der Syrischen Christen des Tur 'Abdin (in German). Vol. 1. Franz Steiner Verlag.