İzbırak, Midyat

İzbırak
ܙܰܐܙ
Village
İzbırak
Location in Turkey
Coordinates: 37°31′N 41°32′E / 37.517°N 41.533°E / 37.517; 41.533
Country  Turkey
Province Mardin Province
District Midyat

İzbırak (Classical Syriac: ܙܰܐܙ‎: Zaz ,[1] Kurdish: Zazê) is a village in Mardin Province in southeastern Turkey. It is located in the district of Midyat and the historical region of Tur Abdin.

History

Zaz is first mentioned by the name "Zazabukha" in 879 BC during the campaigns of Ashurnasirpal II, King of Assyria, and functioned as a military headquarters.[2] The Church of Mor Dimet in Zaz was likely constructed in the 4th century or early 5th century AD.[3][2]

At the onset of the 20th century, Zaz was populated by Assyrians,[4] however, during the Assyrian Genocide, the inhabitants of the village were killed by Kurds.[5] With the aid of Çelebi Ağa, a Kurdish chieftain, survivors of the massacre who had fled were able to return to Zaz at the end of the First World War.[6]

The name of the village was officially changed to İzbırak following the establishment of the Republic of Turkey. As a result of the Kurdish–Turkish conflict, Assyrians began to migrate from Zaz in the 1960s, and was at its peak in the 1990s.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Zāz — ܙܐܙ". The Syriac Gazetteer. 9 December 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Turabdin'de 1500 yıllık kiliseye yıkım kararı". Agos. 6 June 2012. (in Turkish)
  3. ↑ Dubin & Richardson (2010)
  4. ↑ Index Anatolicus: İzbırak (in Turkish)
  5. ↑ Huxley (1983), p. 77
  6. ↑ Gaunt (2012), p. 264
  7. ↑ Güç-Işık (2014), pp. 739-760

Bibliography

  • Dubin, Marc; Richardson, Terry (2010). The Rough Guide to Turkey. Rough Guides UK.
  • Gaunt, David (2012). "Relations between Kurds and Syriacs and Assyrians in Late Ottoman Diyarbekir". Social Relations in Ottoman Diyarbekir, 1870-1915. BRILL.
  • Güç-Işık, Ayşe (2014). "Süryani Cemaatinde Toplumsal Dönüşüm ve Siyasete Dâhil Olma". İnsan ve Toplum Bilimleri Araştırmaları Dergisi. (in Turkish)

Coordinates: 37°31′N 41°32′E / 37.517°N 41.533°E / 37.517; 41.533


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