Odabaşı, Nusaybin
Odabaşı | |
|---|---|
  Odabaşı Location in Turkey | |
| Coordinates: 37°06′14″N 41°27′43″E / 37.104°N 41.462°E | |
| Country | Turkey |
| Province | Mardin |
| District | Nusaybin |
| Population (2021)[1] | 686 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (TRT) |
Odabaşı (Kurdish: Gundik Şukrî,[nb 1] Syriac: Qritho di’Ito or Igunduke d-'ito) is a village in the municipality and district of Nusaybin, Mardin Province in Turkey.[3] The village is populated by Assyrians and by Kurds of the Mizizex and Omerkan tribes. It had a population of 686 in 2021.[1][4][5][6]
Etymology
[edit]The Syriac name of the village is derived from "qritho" ("village" in Syriac) and "‘ito" ("church" in Syriac), and thus translates to "village of the church".[7]
History
[edit]Prior to the First World War, Qritho di’Ito (today called Odabaşı) was owned by the Malke Gawriye family and inhabited by 50 Syriac Orthodox Assyrian families, many of whom were originally from the village of Hebob (today called Güzelsu).[8] Qritho di’Ito was known for the production of cotton.[8] Amidst the Sayfo, in April 1915, 15 soldiers and the Turkish commander, Sheyhe Dolmaji, came to the village seeking deserters from the army, but after having tortured some deserters, the commander was killed and the soldiers chased off by the villagers who subsequently took their valuables and found refuge at Hebob.[8] Assyrian refugees from the village of Qewetla who had fled to Qritho di’Ito before continuing on to Beth-Debe were all killed by Al-Khamsin militia under Qaddur Bey and Dakshuri Kurds.[8]
In 1966, Qritho di’Ito was inhabited by 600 Turoyo-speaking Assyrians in 90 families.[9] The village had 800 Turoyo-speakers in the 1960s.[10]
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.
- ^ Jongerden & Verheij (2012), p. 324; Courtois (2013), p. 148.
- ^ Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
- ^ Aşiretler raporu (in Turkish). Kaynak Yayınları. 1998. p. 225.
- ^ "Nusaybin Milli Eğitim Müdüründen Süryani öğrencilere Paskalya ziyareti" (in Turkish). 28 April 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
- ^ Tan, Altan (2018). "Harita 2: Turabidin ve Berriyê mıntıkalarında yer alan aşiretlerin sınırları ile il, ilçe, köy ve mezralar" [Map 2: The borders of the tribes and provinces, districts, villages and hamlets in the Turabidin and Berriyê regions] (Map). Turabidin'den Berriyê'ye : Aşiretler Dinler Diller Kültürler (in Turkish). Istanbul: Nûbihar.
- ^ Atto (2011), pp. 518–519.
- ^ a b c d Gaunt (2006), p. 248.
- ^ Ritter (1967), p. 15.
- ^ Andrews & Benninghaus (1989), p. 207.
Bibliography
[edit]- Andrews, Peter Alfred; Benninghaus, Rüdiger, eds. (1989). Ethnic Groups in the Republic of Turkey. p. 207.
- Atto, Naures (2011). Hostages in the Homeland, Orphans in the Diaspora: Identity Discourses Among the Assyrian/Syriac Elites in the European Diaspora (PDF). Leiden University Press. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
- Courtois, Sébastien de (2013). "Tur Abdin : Réflexions sur l'état présent descommunautés syriaques du Sud-Est de la Turquie,mémoire, exils, retours". Cahier du Gremmamo (in French). 21: 113–150.
- 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.
- Ritter, Hellmut (1967). Turoyo: Die Volkssprache der Syrischen Christen des Tur 'Abdin (in German). Vol. 1. Franz Steiner Verlag.