Beykent, Kurtalan
Beykent | |
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  Beykent Location in Turkey | |
| Coordinates: 37°52′59″N 41°41′10″E / 37.883°N 41.686°E | |
| Country | Turkey |
| Province | Siirt |
| District | Kurtalan |
| Population (2021)[1] | 434 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (TRT) |
Beykent (Kurdish: Beykend, Pekend; Syriac: Bīkand)[2][a] is a village in the Kurtalan District of Siirt Province in Turkey.[4] The village is populated by Kurds of non-tribal affiliation and had a population of 434 in 2021.[1][5]
History
[edit]Bīkand (today called Beykent) was historically inhabited by Syriac Orthodox Christians.[2] The 17th-century monastery of Mar Yoḥannan Naḥlaya, located near Bīkand, came into the ownership of the Syriac Orthodox Church at the beginning of the 19th-century.[6] In the Syriac Orthodox patriarchal register of dues of 1870, it was recorded that the village had 11 households, who paid 39 dues, and it did not have a priest.[2] There was a church of Yūldaṯ Alohō and a church of Morī Barṣawmō.[2] In 1913, there were 80 Chaldean Catholics who were served by one priest and one church as part of the diocese of Seert.[7] It was also populated by 85 households who adhered to the Church of the East.[8] The village's population was exterminated in June 1915 amidst the Sayfo at Siirt.[8]
References
[edit]Notes
Citations
- ^ a b "31 ARALIK 2021 TARİHLİ ADRESE DAYALI NÜFUS KAYIT SİSTEMİ (ADNKS) SONUÇLARI" (XLS). TÜİK (in Turkish). Retrieved 16 December 2022.
- ^ a b c d Bcheiry (2009), p. 49.
- ^ Wilmshurst (2000), p. 90; Gaunt (2006), pp. 208, 430.
- ^ "Türkiye Mülki İdare Bölümleri Envanteri". T.C. İçişleri Bakanlığı (in Turkish). Retrieved 19 December 2022.
- ^ Cibo (2016), p. 69.
- ^ Wilmshurst (2000), pp. 91–92.
- ^ Wilmshurst (2000), p. 90.
- ^ a b Gaunt (2006), p. 208.
Bibliography
[edit]- Bcheiry, Iskandar (2009). The Syriac Orthodox Patriarchal Register of Dues of 1870: An Unpublished Historical Document from the Late Ottoman Period. Gorgias Press. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
- Cibo, Nezire (2016). Kürt tarihinde Garzan ve Pencinariler (1st ed.). İsmail Beşikci Vakfı Yayınları. ISBN 9786059073219.
- Gaunt, David (2006). Massacres, Resistance, Protectors: Muslim-Christian Relations in Eastern Anatolia during World War I. Gorgias Press. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
- Wilmshurst, David (2000). The Ecclesiastical Organisation of the Church of the East, 1318–1913 (PDF). Peeters Publishers. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
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