| Province | Batman |
|---|---|
| District | Batman |
| Coordinates | 37°55′N 41°09′E |
Demiryol (syr: Talmarğ)[1][a] is a neighbourhood in the Batman District of Batman Province in Turkey.
History
Talmarğ (today called Demiryol) was historically inhabited by Syriac Orthodox Christians and Kurdish-speaking Armenians.[2] In the Syriac Orthodox patriarchal register of dues of 1870, it was recorded that the village had 2 households, who paid 17 dues, and had one priest.[1] There was a Syriac Orthodox church.[1]
It was populated by 300 Syriacs in 1914, according to the list presented to the Paris Peace Conference by the Assyro-Chaldean delegation.[2] It was located in the kaza (district) of Beşiri.[3] The Armenians were attacked by the Belek, Bekran, Şegro, and other Kurdish tribes in May 1915 amidst the Armenian genocide.[4]
References
Notes
Citations
- ^ Bcheiry (2009), p. 42.
- ^ Jongerden & Verheij 2012, p. 319.
- ^ Gaunt (2006), p. 427.
- ^ Kévorkian (2011), pp. 367–368.
Bibliography
- 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 The Syriac Orthodox Patriarchal Register of Dues of 1870: An Unpublished Historical Document from the Late Ottoman Period.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.
- 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.
- Kévorkian, Raymond (2011). The Armenian Genocide: A Complete History. I.B. Tauris