Silvan, Diyarbakır
Silvan | |
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District and municipality | |
Coordinates: 38°08′32″N 41°00′05″E / 38.14222°N 41.00139°E | |
Country | Turkey |
Province | Diyarbakır |
Area | 1,252 km2 (483 sq mi) |
Elevation | 810 m (2,660 ft) |
Population (2022)[1] | 86,161 |
• Density | 69/km2 (180/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+3 (TRT) |
Postal code | 21640 |
Area code | 0412 |
Website | www |
Silvan (
History
Silvan has been identified by several scholars as one of two possible locations (the other being Arzan) of
Roman era
In 69
Around 400
The city suffered heavily in the Battle of Martyropolis in 588 AD, but soon prospered again.[10]
Islamic era
It was known by the name of Meiafarakin after the
During the following years, the city changed hands several times due to rivalries between Seljuk clans and local rulers. In 1118, the
In early 1260, the city, defended by its last
Ottoman Empire
In 1896, reports by the British Vice Consul Hallward indicate that many villages were destroyed during the Armenian massacres in 1895. Hallward was engaged in the rebuilding of about 35 villages.[14]
21st century
An ambush killing 13 Turkish soldiers occurred in the forests of Silvan by Kurdistan Workers' Party separatists, who also lost seven killed in action.
Silvan was also the site of serious clashes between Turkish government forces and Kurdish
Naşide Toprak from the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) was elected Mayor of Silvan in the local elections in March 2019.[16] She was dismissed in March 2020, and Mehmet Uslu has been appointed as a trustee instead of her.[17]
Archaeology
Archaeologists headed by professor Ahmet Tanyıldız, the vice-rector of Dicle University, announced in 2021 that they had discovered the grave of the Seljuk Sultan of Rum Kilij Arslan I, who fought against the Crusader forces. They also discovered his daughter Saide Hatun's burial site during nine days of work. Researchers dug two meters deep across a 35-square-meter area and focused their works on two gravesites in Orta Çeşme Park.[18][19]
Demographics
The Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople reported 13,824 Armenians living in the kaza of Silvan on the eve of World War I, all Kurdish-speaking. They had 28 churches, two monasteries, and 35 schools.[4] The town itself had 2,500 Armenian Apostolic Christians and 1,500 other Christians: Chaldeans (500 according to Priest Joseph Tfinkdji), Syriac Catholics, Syriac Orthodox, and Melchites. Assyrians call the city ܣܝܠܘܐܢ.[4]
Today, the municipality and district are Kurdish.[2][4]
Ecclesiastical history
Composition
There are 94
- Akçayır
- Akçeltik
- Akdere
- Akyol
- Alibey
- Altınkum
- Arıköy
- Aşağıkaya
- Aşağıveysi
- Babakaya
- Bağdere
- Bağlar
- Bahçe
- Bahçelievler
- Başdeğirmen
- Başıbüyük
- Bayrambaşı
- Bellibahçe
- Bereketli
- Beypınar
- Boyunlu
- Çakıltaşı
- Çaldere
- Cami
- Çardak
- Çevriksu
- Çiftliçevre
- Çiğdemli
- Çiğil
- Çobantepe
- Dağcılar
- Darköprü
- Demirkuyu
- Dolapdere
- Doluçanak
- Duru
- Düzalan
- Erikyazı
- Eskiköy
- Eskiocak
- Eşme
- Feridun
- Gökçetevek
- Görentepe
- Görmez
- Güçlü
- Gündüz
- Gürpınar
- Güzderesi
- Heybelikonak
- İncesu
- Kale
- Karacalar
- Karahacı
- Karamus
- Kasımlı
- Kayadere
- Kazandağı
- Keklikdere
- Kıraçtepe
- Kızlal
- Konak
- Kumgölü
- Kumluk
- Kutlualan
- Malabadi
- Mescit
- Nohuttepe
- Onbaşılar
- Ormandışı
- Otluk
- Sağlık
- Şanlı
- Sarıbuğday
- Selahattin
- Sulak
- Sulubağ
- Susuz
- Taşpınar
- Tekel
- Tokluca
- Üçbasamak
- Umurköy
- Yenidoğan
- Yeniköy
- Yenişehir
- Yeşerdi
- Yeşilbahçe
- Yeşilköy
- Yolaç
- Yolarası
- Yukarıveysi
- Yüksek
- Yuva
Notable people
- Ibn Nubata (d. 984), preacher
- Ibn al-Azraq al-Fariqi (1116–1176), chronicler
- Mehdi Zana (b. 1940), Former Kurdish politician
- Yekta Uzunoglu[21](b. 1953), doctor, writer, human rights fighter, translator and entrepreneur.
- Beytocan (b. 1955 - 2023), Kurdish singer and musician
- Mahsum Korkmaz (1956–1986), first commander of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK)'s military forces.
- Leyla Zana (b. 1961), Kurdish politician
- philanthropist and restaurateur from New York City.
Notable sites
See also
References
- ^ TÜİK. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
- ^ a b c Barnas, Rojen (2015). Sîlvan - Silîvan - Farqîn (in Kurdish). Nûbihar. p. 231.
- ^ Tahir Sezen, Osmanlı Yer Adları (Alfabetik Sırayla), T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, Yayın Nu 21, Ankara, p. 365.
- ^ a b c d "Kaza Silvan / Silîvan / ܣܝܠܘܐܢ - SIlwān / Նփրկերտ – Np'rkert / ܡܝܦܪܩܝܛ - Mayperqit / Mîyafariqîn / Miyafarkin / Miyafarquin / Me-frektho / Farqîn / Mifarqaṭ". Virtual Genocide Memorial. Retrieved 2023-09-18.
- ^ Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
- ^ "İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri". General Directorate of Mapping. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
- ^ Avdoyan, Levon. "Tiganocerta: The City 'Built by Tigranes'" in Armenian Tigranakert/Diarbekir and Edessa/Urfa. Richard G. Hovannisian (ed.) UCLA Armenian History and Culture Series: Historic Armenian Cities and Provinces, 6. Costa Mesa, CA: Mazda Publishers, 2006, pp. 94-95.
- Armenian Academy of Sciences, 1986, pp. 699-700.
- ^ Adontz, Nicholas (1970). Armenia in the Period of Justinian: The Political Conditions Based on the Naxarar System. Trans. Nina G. Garsoïan. Lisbon: Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation. p. 134.
- ISBN 978-0-8028-9017-7.)
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link - ^ van Bruinessen, Martin (2000). "Kurdistan in the 16th and 17th centuries, as reflected in Evliya Çelebi's Seyahatname". The Journal of Kurdish Studies. 3: 25.
- ^ Runciman 1987, p. 305.
- Badr al-Dīn Lu'lu', who was in conflict with al-Kāmil Muhammad, sent a supporting force to the Mongols commanded by his son, along with siege engineers to Mayyāfāriqīn.
- ISBN 9789004225183.
- ^ "Turkey and the Kurds: The hatred never went away". The Economist. 12 September 2015. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
- ^ "Diyarbakır Silvan Seçim Sonuçları - 31 Mart Diyarbakır Silvan Yerel Seçim Sonuçları". secim.haberler.com (in Turkish). Retrieved 2019-11-10.
- ^ sabah, daily (2020-03-23). "5 HDP mayors in southeast Turkey detained in terror probe". Daily Sabah. Retrieved 2020-03-26.
- ^ Gershon, Livia. "Turkish Archaeologists Discover Grave of Sultan Who Defeated Crusaders". Smithsonian Magazine. Retrieved 2021-01-20.
- ^ AA, DAILY SABAH WITH (2021-01-13). "Anatolian Seljuk Sultan Kılıç Arslan I's grave found in SE Turkey". Daily Sabah. Retrieved 2021-01-20.
- ^ Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
- ^ "Ana Sayfa". Yekta Uzunoglu (in Turkish). Retrieved 2018-08-10.
Further reading
- Amedroz, H. F. "The Marwanid Dynasty at Mayyafariqin in the Tenth and Eleventh centuries AD," JRAS, 1903, pp. 123–154.
- BSOAS, Vol. 13, No. 1 (1949), pp. 27–35.
- Runciman, Steven (1987). A History of the Crusades: Volume 3, The Kingdom of Acre and the Later Crusades. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521347723.