Yemişli, Uludere
Yemişli | |
|---|---|
  Yemişli Location in Turkey | |
| Coordinates: 37°22′08″N 43°04′44″E / 37.369°N 43.079°E | |
| Country | Turkey |
| Province | Şırnak |
| District | Uludere |
| Population (2023)[1] | 2,749 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (TRT) |
Yemişli (Kurdish: Mergeh; Syriac: Margā) is a village in the Uludere District of Şırnak Province in Turkey. The village is populated by Kurds of the Goyan tribe and had a population of 2,749 in 2023.[1][2]
The hamlet of Yekmal is attached to Yemişli.[3]
History[edit]
Margā (today called Yemişli) was inhabited by 760 Chaldean Catholic Assyrians in 1913 and had one church and one priest as part of the diocese of Zakho.[4] The village was destroyed by the Ottoman Army in June 1915 amidst the Sayfo and its inhabitants were later resettled at Berseve near Zakho in Iraq.[5]
Population[edit]
Population history from 2007 to 2023:[1]
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 2,119 | — |
| 2010 | 2,365 | +11.6% |
| 2015 | 3,433 | +45.2% |
| 2020 | 2,885 | −16.0% |
| 2023 | 2,749 | −4.7% |
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "Address Based Population Registration System Results". Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (in Turkish). Retrieved 15 February 2023.
- ^ Baz (2016), p. 125.
- ^ Dersan, Nilüfer; Fazlıoğlu, Aygül (2002). "Şırnak ili Uludere ilçesi köyleri katılımcı kırsal kalkınma temelli alan araştırması" (PDF) (in Turkish). p. 7. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
- ^ Wilmshurst (2000), p. 109.
- ^ Yacoub (2016), pp. 166, 189.
Bibliography[edit]
- Baz, Ibrahim (2016). Şırnak aşiretleri ve kültürü (in Turkish). ISBN 9786058849631.
- Wilmshurst, David (2000). The Ecclesiastical Organisation of the Church of the East, 1318–1913. Peeters Publishers.
- Yacoub, Joseph (2016). Year of the Sword: The Assyrian Christian Genocide, A History. Translated by James Ferguson. Oxford University Press.