Elbeğendi (Classical Syriac: Kafro Tahtayto[nb 1]) is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of Midyat, Mardin Province in southeastern Turkey.[3] It is located in the historical region of Tur Abdin.
In the village, there are churches of Mor Jacob and Mor Barsaumo, the Virgin Mary, and Mor Bosus.[2]
The village is populated by Assyrians and had a population of 46 in 2021.[4][1]
History
In 1900, Kafro Tahtayto was inhabited by 30 Assyrian families.[2] Amidst the Assyrian genocide, in 1915, the village's population fled to the Monastery of Mor Malke,[5] and was uninhabited until the first 8 families returned in 1916.[2]
The village's population grew to 46 families in 1970, however, they were forced to flee abroad due to the Kurdish–Turkish conflict in the 1980s, and only 5 families remained by 1992.[2] The village was forcibly evicted by the Turkish army in 1995, and the remaining three families emigrated to Western Europe.[6]
In 2006, 17 Assyrian families returned to the village from Augsburg and Göppingen in Germany, and Trüllikon and Zürich in Switzerland.[7][8] In late July 2019, Assyrian properties in Kafro Tahtayto were struck by suspected arson attacks.[9]
Notable people
- Iskender Alptekin (1961-2010), Assyrian politician
References
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 e "Kafro" (in German). Entwicklungsverein Kafro. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
- ^ "Türkiye Mülki İdare Bölümleri Envanteri". T.C. İçişleri Bakanlığı (in Turkish). Retrieved 19 December 2022.
- ^ Peter Alfred, Andrews; Benninghaus, Rüdiger, eds. (1989). Ethnic Groups in the Republic of Turkey. p. 206.
- ^ Kloster Mor Malke. Foundation for Conservation and Promotion of the Aramaic Cultural Heritage. (in German)
- ^ "Kafro – Ein aramäisches Dorf, das der Staatsdoktrin trotzte". Firat News Agency (in German). 13 November 2019. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
- ^ Çaglar (2013), p. 122
- ^ Güsten (2016), p. 11
- ^ "Küllerinden doğan Süryani halkını, yangınlarla korkutamazsınız". Assyrian Genocide Research Centre (in Turkish). 5 August 2019. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
Bibliography
- Çaglar, Ayse (2013). "Rescaling cities, cultural diversity, and transnationalism: Migrants of Mardin and Essen". Anthropology of Migration and Multiculturalism: New Directions, ed. Steven Vertovec. Routledge. pp. 113–139.
- Güsten, Susanne (2016). A Farewell to Tur Abdin (PDF). Retrieved 27 December 2019.
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