Suruç
Suruç | |
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District and municipality | |
Coordinates: 36°58′35″N 38°25′37″E / 36.97639°N 38.42694°E | |
Country | Turkey |
Province | Şanlıurfa |
Area | 744 km2 (287 sq mi) |
Population (2022)[1] | 100,961 |
• Density | 140/km2 (350/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+3 (TRT) |
Postal code | 63800 |
Area code | 0414 |
Website | www |
Suruç (pronounced [ˈsuɾutʃ]; Kurdish: Pirsûs;[2] Syriac: ܣܪܘܓ Sruḡ[3]) is a municipality and district of Şanlıurfa Province, Turkey.[4] Its area is 744 km2,[5] and its population is 100,961 (2022).[1] It is on a plain near the Syrian border 46 kilometres (29 mi) southwest of the city of Urfa.
History
Suruç is situated in a fertile district that is well-suited to growing fruits and grapevines.
In antiquity the Sumerians built a settlement in the area. The city was a centre of silk-making. They were succeeded by a number of other Mesopotamian civilisations.
Tell-Batnan was visited Emperor Julian on his march from Antioch to the Euphrates in 363.[9]
The town surrendered in 639 to
In the 1300s,
In late Ottoman times, Suruç was the seat of a kaymakam.[6]
21st century
On 19 October 2014, journalist Serena Shim was killed in Suruç.
On 20 July 2015, at approximately 12:50 GMT, a suicide bombing occurred. It killed 34 people and injured over 100 others outside the Amara Cultural Center.[12]
Ahead of the June 24th anticipated 2018 Turkish elections, four people were killed in Suruç while an AKP candidate toured the city's market.[13] According to pro-Kurdish sources, AKP representative Ibrahim Halil Yıldız went to local shopkeeper Hacı Esvet Şenyaşar where a brawl started.[14]
- Celal Şenyaşar, son of Haci Esvet Şenyaşar, during the initial brawl at the shop, was shot and killed there.[14]
- Mehmet Şenyaşar, son of Haci Esvet Şenyaşar, visiting the hospital following the brawl, was attacked and hit on the head repeatedly with an oxygen tank and killed.[14]
- Haci Esvet Şenyaşar, the shop keeper, was lynched at the Suruç hospital.[14]
- Mehmet Ali Yıldız, brother of MP Yıldız, died at the Mehmet Akif Inan Hospital in Urfa.[14]
- One of his bodyguards of Mehmet Ali Yıldız, died at the Mehmet Akif Inan Hospital in Urfa.[14]
The Suruç hospital camera were damaged.[14] This events happened days after Erdogan was filmed encouraging identification and intimidation of opposition voters on sites.[15]
Politics
In the local elections on 31 March 2019 Hatice Çevik was elected as Mayor.[16] Kenan Aktaş was appointed Kaymakam, as representative of the state.[17] On the 15 November 2019 Çevik was detained, and the next day she was dismissed and Kenan Aktaş appointed as a trustee.[18]
Composition
There are 95
- Ağırtaş
- Akören
- Alanyurt
- Aligör
- Aşağı Karıncalı
- Aşağı Oylum
- Aybastı
- Aydın
- Ayhan
- Balaban
- Barış
- Bellik
- Bilge
- Binatlı
- Boztepe
- Bozyokuş
- Büyük Sergen
- Büyük Ziyaret
- Büyükağacı
- Çanakçı
- Çaykara
- Çengelli
- Çomak
- Cumhuriyet
- Demokrasi
- Dikili
- Dinlence
- Dumlukuyu
- Ekili
- Eskice
- Eskiören
- Ezgil
- Fıstıklı
- Göleç
- Gölen
- Günebakan
- Hacılı
- Harmanalan
- Hürriyet
- Hüyükyanı
- İzci
- Kalkanlı
- Kapıcı
- Karaca
- Karadut
- Karahüyük
- Karaköy
- Karakuyu
- Karataş
- Keberli
- Kesmecik
- Kırmıt
- Kızılhüyük
- Köseler
- Köseveli
- Küçük Sergen
- Küçük Ziyaret
- Küçükköprü
- Küçükova
- Kurutepe
- Mertismail
- Mollahamza
- Mürşitpınar
- Ölçektepe
- Örgütlü
- Ortabostancı
- Oymaklı
- Özlüce
- Sarayaltı
- Saygın
- Taşlıkuyu
- Tavşanköy
- Tokçalı
- Topçular
- Üçpınar
- Uludüz
- Üveçli
- Uysallı
- Uzgören
- Yağışlı
- Yalınca
- Yalpı
- Yanaloba
- Yatırtepe
- Yaylatepe
- Yazıköy
- Yeğen
- Yenişehir(Şaryanı)
- Yıldırım
- Yıldız
- Yönlü
- Yukarı Bostancı
- Yumurtalık
- Yurtçiçeği
- Zeyrek
Demographics
In his
According to
Today, Suruç is inhabited mostly by ethnic Kurds.
Ecclesiastical history of Batnae
Batnae was important enough in the
Another Bishop was Abraham of Batnae,[23] a contemporary of Basil of Caesarea.
The bishopric would be nominally restored in two different titular bishoprics, for different Catholic rite-specific particular churches.
Syriac titular see
Established in the early 20th century, under repeatedly changed names: Bathna(-Jarug), Bathnan(Sarugh), Bathnae. Suppressed in 1933, restored under its present name in 1965.
It has had the following incumbents, all of the lowest (episcopal) rank :
- Cardinal-Patriarch(1965.02.11 – 1968.01.29)
- Atanasio Behnam Kalian (1921.02.26 – 1929.08.06) as Auxiliary Bishop of Baghdad of the Syriacs(Iraq) (1929.08.06 – death 1949.02.17)
- Bishop-elect Basile Pierre Habra (1963.05.01 – 1963.07.06)[24]
- Gregorios Elias Tabé (1995.06.24 – 1996.05.25) as Auxiliary Bishop of Antioch of the Syriacs (Lebanon) (1995.06.24 – 1997), later titular bishop of Damascus of the Syriacs(Syria) (1999.05.08 – 2001.06.24), succeeding as Metropolitan Archbishop of Damascus of the Syriacs (2001.06.24 – ...)
- Antioch of the Syriacs(Lebanon) ([2001.02.16] 2001.02.24 – 2008.01.25), President of Synod of the Syriac Catholic Church (2001.02.24 – 2008.01.25)
- Grégoire Pierre Melki (2002.02.25 – ...) of the Syriac Catholic Patriarchal Exarchate of Jerusalem (Palestine and Jordan, see in the Holy Land)
Notable people
- Abdülkadir Aygan (1958-) former PKK Member
- Ayşe Gökkan (1965-) Kurdish Journalist
- İbrahim Halil Baran (1981-) Kurdish Poet
See also
- Suruç Water Tunnel, Turkey's longest water tunnel
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- ^ "Suspected ISIS bombing kills 27 in Turkish border town". The Daily Star. 20 July 2015. Archived from the original on 22 July 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
- ^ "Turkey election: Four dead in clash as pre-poll tension rises". BBC News. 2018-06-14. Retrieved 2023-03-06.
- ^ a b c d e f g What happened in Suruç? http://english.ajansfirat.com/anf-news-features/what-happened-in-suruc-2/ Archived 2018-06-18 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Turkey election: Four dead in clash as pre-poll tension rises". BBC News. 15 June 2018.
- ^ Şafak, Yeni (2019-07-11). "Şanlıurfa Suruç Seçim Sonuçları – Suruç Yerel Seçim Sonuçları". Yeni Şafak (in Turkish). Retrieved 2019-11-07.
- ^ "Suruç Kaymakamlığı". www.suruc.gov.tr. Retrieved 2019-11-07.
- ^ "4 HDP mayors in southeastern Turkey dismissed on terror charges". DailySabah. 16 November 2019. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
- ^ Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
- ^ Çelebi, Evliya. Evliyâ Çelebi Seyahatnâmesi: III. pp. 153–154. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
- ^ "Kaza of Urfa / ܐܘܪܗܝ - Urhoy / Ուռհա - Urha / Ἔδεσσα - Edessa". Virtual Genocide Memorial. Retrieved 2023-09-16.
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