Kocalar, Batman

Kocalar
Village
Kocalar is located in Turkey
Kocalar
Kocalar
Location within Turkey
Coordinates: 37°57′54″N 41°07′16″E / 37.965°N 41.121°E / 37.965; 41.121
CountryTurkey
ProvinceBatman
DistrictBatman
Population
 (2021)
1,014
Time zoneUTC+3 (TRT)

Kocalar (Kurdish: Qoca; Syriac: Qūğā) is a village in the Batman District of Batman Province in Turkey. The village had a population of 1,014 in 2021.

History

Qūğā (today called Kocalar) was historically inhabited by Syriac Orthodox Christians and Kurdish-speaking Armenians. In the Syriac Orthodox patriarchal register of dues of 1870, it was recorded that the village had 5 households, who paid 16 dues, and did not have a church or a priest. There were 50 Armenian hearths in 1880. There was an Armenian church of Surb Nshan.

It was populated by 50 Syriacs in 1914, according to the list presented to the Paris Peace Conference by the Assyro-Chaldean delegation. It was located in the kaza (district) of Beşiri. The Armenians were attacked by the Belek, Bekran, Şegro, and other Kurdish tribes in May 1915 amidst the Armenian genocide.

References

Notes

  1. ↑ Also known as Gocan, Kocan, Koçan, Kodjan, Zorkan, Gojan, and Zorkan Godjan.

Citations

  1. 1 2 "31 ARALIK 2021 TARİHLİ ADRESE DAYALI NÜFUS KAYIT SİSTEMİ (ADNKS) SONUÇLARI" (XLS). TÜİK (in Turkish). Retrieved 16 December 2022.
  2. 1 2 Bcheiry (2009), p. 42.
  3. ↑ Jongerden & Verheij (2012), p. 318; Bcheiry (2009), p. 42; Kévorkian (2006), p. 269.
  4. ↑ "Türkiye Mülki İdare Bölümleri Envanteri". T.C. İçişleri Bakanlığı (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 6 March 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  5. ↑ Jongerden & Verheij (2012), p. 318; Kévorkian (2011), p. 367.
  6. 1 2 Kévorkian (2006), p. 269.
  7. ↑ Jongerden & Verheij (2012), p. 318; Gaunt (2006), p. 427.
  8. ↑ Gaunt (2006), p. 427.
  9. ↑ Kévorkian (2011), pp. 367–368.

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