Söğütlü, Midyat

Söğütlü
Neighbourhood
Söğütlü Location in Turkey
Coordinates: 37.450°N 41.221°E / 37.450; 41.221
Country	Turkey
Province	Mardin
District	Midyat
Population  (2022)	2,208
Time zone	UTC+3 (TRT)

Söğütlü (Arabic: کندیریب, romanized: Kəndērīb;^[1] Syriac: ܟܢܕܝܪܝܒ, romanized: Kandirib)^[2][a] is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of Midyat, Mardin Province, Turkey.^[4] Its population is 2,208 (2022).^[5] Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town (belde).^[6][7] The village is populated by Kurds of the Kercoz and Omerkan tribes and by the Mhallami.^[8] It is located in the historic region of Bēth Muḥallam in Tur Abdin.^[9]

History

Kandirib (today called Söğütlü) was historically inhabited by Syriac Christians.^[8] The calligrapher Daniel of Kandirib is mentioned in the Life of Mar Simeon of the Olives (d. 734).^[10] In c. 1583, the Christian population of Bēth Muḥallam, including the village of Kandirib, converted to Islam to escape persecution.^[11] From the 1910s onwards, many Mhallamis from the village migrated to Lebanon for economic reasons, while some Mhallami and Kurdish families settled in the village afterwards.^[8] The Kurdish families came from Kerboran and neighbouring villages.^[8]

References

Notes

1. Also spelt as Kandarib or Kendirib.^[3]

Citations

1. Şayır (2017), p. 18.
2. Carlson, Thomas A. (9 December 2016). "Kandirib - ܟܢܕܝܪܝܒ". The Syriac Gazetteer. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
3. Palmer (1990), p. xx; Barsoum (2008), p. 119.
4. Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
5. "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
6. "Law No. 6360". Official Gazette (in Turkish). 6 December 2012.
7. "Classification tables of municipalities and their affiliates and local administrative units" (DOC). Official Gazette (in Turkish). 12 September 2010.
8. Tan (2018), pp. 253–254.
9. Barsoum (2003), p. 559; Palmer (1990), pp. xx, 262; Barsoum (2008), p. 119.
10. Palmer (1990), p. 164; Barsoum (2009), p. 33.
11. Barsoum (2008), pp. xiv, 119.

Bibliography

• Barsoum, Aphrem (2003). The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences. Translated by Matti Moosa (2nd ed.). Gorgias Press. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
• Barsoum, Aphrem (2008). The History of Tur Abdin. Translated by Matti Moosa. Gorgias Press. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
• Barsoum, Aphrem (2009). The Collected Historical Essays of Aphram I Barsoum. Vol. 1. Translated by Matti Moosa. Gorgias Press. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
• Palmer, Andrew (1990). Monk and Mason on the Tigris Frontier: The Early History of Tur Abdin. Cambridge University Press. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
• Şayır, Mehmet (2017). Mardin Arapça Diyalekti (in Turkish). Akdem.
• Tan, Altan (2018). Turabidin'den Berriye'ye. Aşiretler - Dinler - Diller - Kültürler (in Turkish). ISBN 9789944360944.