Bingöl, Eruh

Bingöl
Bingöl
Location in Turkey
Coordinates: 37°42′32″N 42°04′05″E / 37.709°N 42.068°E / 37.709; 42.068
CountryTurkey
ProvinceSiirt
DistrictEruh
Population
 (2021)[1]
12
Time zoneUTC+3 (TRT)

Bingöl (Kurdish: Benguf; Syriac: Bingov)[2][a] is a village in the Eruh District of Siirt Province in Turkey.[4] The village is populated by Kurds of the Jilyan tribe and had a population of 12 in 2021.[1][5]

History

Bingov (today known as Bingöl) was historically inhabited by Chaldean Catholics.[2] In 1913, it was populated by 110 Chaldean Catholics, who were served by one priest and one church as part of the Chaldean Catholic Eparchy of Seert.[2] They were annihilated by Kurdish tribes in 1915 amidst the Sayfo.[6]

References

Notes

  1. ^ Also known as Benkof.[3]

Citations

  1. ^ a b "31 ARALIK 2021 TARİHLİ ADRESE DAYALI NÜFUS KAYIT SİSTEMİ (ADNKS) SONUÇLARI" (XLS). TÜİK (in Turkish). Retrieved 16 December 2022.
  2. ^ a b c Wilmshurst (2000), p. 90.
  3. ^ Gaunt (2006), p. 210.
  4. ^ "Türkiye Mülki İdare Bölümleri Envanteri". T.C. İçişleri Bakanlığı (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 6 July 2015. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  5. ^ "Sosyal ve kültürel yapı" (PDF) (in Turkish). p. 143. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
  6. ^ Gaunt (2006), pp. 210, 251.

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