Kocalar
village
ProvinceBatman
DistrictBatman
Population total1014
Population as of2021
Coordinates37.965°N 41.121°E

Kocalar (Kurdish: Qoca; syr: Qūğā)[1][a] is a village in the Batman District of Batman Province in Turkey.[2] The village had a population of 1,014 in 2021.[3]

History

Qūğā (today called Kocalar) was historically inhabited by Syriac Orthodox Christians and Kurdish-speaking Armenians.[4] 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.[1] There were 50 Armenian hearths in 1880.[5] There was an Armenian church of Surb Nshan.[5]

It was populated by 50 Syriacs in 1914, according to the list presented to the Paris Peace Conference by the Assyro-Chaldean delegation.[4] It was located in the kaza (district) of Beşiri.[6] The Armenians were attacked by the Belek, Bekran, Şegro, and other Kurdish tribes in May 1915 amidst the Armenian genocide.[7]

References

Notes

  1. ^ Also known as Gocan, Kocan, Koçan, Kodjan, Zorkan, Gojan, and Zorkan Godjan.[4]

Citations

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

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