Çağlayan (Kurdish: Erbuş,[2] Syriac: Erbesh)[3] is a village in the Çukurca District in Hakkâri Province in Turkey.[4] The village has been depopulated since the 1990s.[1]

Çağlayan
Çağlayan is located in Turkey
Çağlayan
Çağlayan
Location in Turkey
Coordinates: 37°17′17″N 43°49′08″E / 37.288°N 43.819°E / 37.288; 43.819
CountryTurkey
ProvinceHakkâri
DistrictÇukurca
Population
 (1997)[1]
0
Time zoneUTC+3 (TRT)

The hamlets of Küçükköy (Helalî) and Tepecik (Kurbe) are attached to the village.[2][4]

History

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The village was formerly populated by Assyrians and located in the Raikan district. It consisted of 20 families, one priest and four churches in 1850. In 1877, the town had 20 families, one priest and two churches.[5][6] The village was subsequently settled by Kurds of the Ertoşî tribe after Sayfo.[7][8]

In 1994, the village was forcibly evacuated by the Turkish military.[9] The village was subsequently declared a forbidden zone and the locals, who were dispersed to surrounding areas, were not allowed to return.[9] In 1998, four Iraqi jets flew near the village and bombed the area. The bombings caused no casualties.[10]

Population

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The village has been unpopulated since the 1990s.[11][12][1]

Population
YearPop.±%
1965381—    
1985833+118.6%
19970−100.0%

References

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  1. ^ a b c "1997 Population Count" (PDF) (in Turkish). Turkish Statistical Institute. 1999. p. 389. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 October 2022.
  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. ^ Carlson, Thomas A. (2014). "Erbesh". The Syriac Gazetteer. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  4. ^ a b "Türkiye Mülki İdare Bölümleri Envanteri". T.C. İçişleri Bakanlığı (in Turkish). Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  5. ^ Aboona, Hirmis (2008). Assyrians, Kurds, and Ottomans: Intercommunal Relations on the Periphery of the Ottoman Empire. Cambria Press. p. 295. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
  6. ^ Wilmshurst, David (2000). The Ecclesiastical Organisation of the Church of the East, 1318–1913. Peeters Publishers. p. 299.
  7. ^ Peter Alfred, Andrews; Benninghaus, Rüdiger, eds. (1989). Ethnic Groups in the Republic of Turkey. p. 215.
  8. ^ Aşiretler raporu (in Turkish). Kaynak Yayınları. 1998. p. 154.
  9. ^ a b "Genelkurmay'ın yasaklı bölgeleri zaten 20 yıldır yasaklı!" (in Turkish). 9 January 2013. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  10. ^ The Pulse: Daily Review of the Turkish Press. 1988. p. 2.
  11. ^ Genel nüfus sayimi idare bölünüs, il, ilce, bucak ve köy (muhtarlik) nüfúslari. 24.10.65 (in Turkish). 1968. p. 304.
  12. ^ Genel nüfus sayımı: Hakkâri (in Turkish). 1987. p. 6.