Aksu, Silopi

Aksu (Syriac: Herbol, Kurdish: Herbûl) is a village in the Silopi District of Şırnak Province in Turkey.[2] The village is populated by Assyrians and had a population of 32 in 2021, a decrease from 1,066 in 1985.[1][3][4]

Aksu
Village
Aksu is located in Turkey
Aksu
Aksu
Location in Turkey
Coordinates: 37.336°N 42.637°E / 37.336; 42.637
CountryTurkey
ProvinceŞırnak
DistrictSilopi
Population
 (2021)[1]
32
Time zoneTRT (UTC+3)

The locals are Chaldean Catholics.[5]

History

The village was emptied in 1991 due to the Kurdish–Turkish conflict and the locals immigrated to France. Only the local church, school and some houses remained intact.[6] Few locals have since then returned to rebuild the village, but the village was hit by fire in 2015 which obstructed its reconstruction.[7]

See also

References
  1. "31 ARALIK 2021 TARİHLİ ADRESE DAYALI NÜFUS KAYIT SİSTEMİ (ADNKS) SONUÇLARI" (XLS). TÜİK (in Turkish). Retrieved 16 December 2022.
  2. "Türkiye Mülki İdare Bölümleri Envanteri". T.C. İçişleri Bakanlığı (in Turkish). Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  3. Ertaş (2019). "Tarihsel ve Kültürel Boyutlarıyla Şırnak Bölgesindeki Keldaniler ve Müslümanlarla Münasebetleri" (PDF). Asos Journal: The Journal of Academic Social Science (in Turkish): 154. ISSN 2148-2489.
  4. Genel nüfus sayımı 1985: Mardın (in Turkish). Başbakanlık, Devlet İstatistik Enstitüsü. 1987. p. 11.
  5. Peter Alfred, Andrews; Benninghaus, Rüdiger, eds. (1989). Ethnic Groups in the Republic of Turkey. p. 384.
  6. "Yasak da olsa... köy bizim köyümüz". Evrensel (in Turkish). 15 April 2009. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
  7. "Cudi Dağı'ndaki yangın Asurî köyünü de yaktı". Evrensel. 19 July 2015. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
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