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Gündeş, Çukurca

Coordinates: 37°18′47″N 43°28′16″E / 37.313°N 43.471°E / 37.313; 43.471
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Gündeş
Gündeş is located in Turkey
Gündeş
Gündeş
Location in Turkey
Coordinates: 37°18′47″N 43°28′16″E / 37.313°N 43.471°E / 37.313; 43.471
CountryTurkey
ProvinceHakkâri
DistrictÇukurca
Population
 (2023)[1]
2,376
Time zoneUTC+3 (TRT)

Gündeş (Kurdish: Gêman)[2] is a village in the Çukurca District in Hakkâri Province in Turkey.[3] The village is populated by Kurds of the Kaşuran tribe and had a population of 2,376 in 2023.[1][4]

The six hamlets of Boylu (Geluk), Köprülü (Çem), Güzeldere (Minyaniş), Ormanlı (Zavîte), Çiçekli (Kanîketkî) and Çimenli (Mêrgan) are attached to Cevizli. Boylu and Çiçekli are unpopulated.[2][3]

Ormanlı

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Ormanlı (Classical Syriac: ܙܘܝܬܐ, romanized: Zāwīṯā) is a hamlet which historically was an Assyrian village and part of the lower Tyari district. Between 1850 and 1877, the village had ninety members of Syriac Christianity including one priest. There was moreover a church in the village during this period.[5] The village was destroyed during Sayfo.[6] The hamlet is populated by Kurds of Alan and Êzdînan tribes today and had a population of 438 in 2022.[7]

Population

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Population history of the village from 2007 to 2023:[1]

Population
YearPop.±%
20072,003—    
20122,162+7.9%
20172,363+9.3%
20222,324−1.7%
20232,376+2.2%

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Population Of Municipalities, Villages And Quarters". TÜİK. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Çukurca köylerinin Kürtçe, Türkçe ve eski isimleri" (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 12 March 2023. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Türkiye Mülki İdare Bölümleri Envanteri". T.C. İçişleri Bakanlığı (in Turkish). Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  4. ^ Aşiretler raporu (in Turkish). Kaynak Yayınları. 1998. p. 159.
  5. ^ Wilmshurst, David (2000). The Ecclesiastical Organisation of the Church of the East, 1318–1913. Peeters Publishers. p. 288.
  6. ^ Yacoub, Joseph (2016). Year of the Sword: The Assyrian Christian Genocide, A History. Oxford University Press. p. 166. ISBN 9780190694630.
  7. ^ Mendeş, Hurşit Baran (2022). Ertoşîler (in Turkish). Doz. pp. 318 and 342.