Demirkaya, Siirt Explained

Type:	village
Demirkaya
Province:	Siirt
District:	Siirt
Population Total:	103
Population As Of:	2021

Demirkaya (ku|Hadid,) is a village in the Siirt District of Siirt Province in Turkey.^[1] The village is populated by Kurds of the Botikan tribe and had a population of 103 in 2021.^{[2] [3] [4]}

The hamlet of Akarsu is attached to the village.

History

The village was part of the Chaldean Catholic Eparchy of Seert of the Chaldean Catholic Church and had a population of 200 Assyrians in 1913.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Türkiye Mülki İdare Bölümleri Envanteri . 19 December 2022 . T.C. İçişleri Bakanlığı . tr.
2. Web site: 31 ARALIK 2021 TARİHLİ ADRESE DAYALI NÜFUS KAYIT SİSTEMİ (ADNKS) SONUÇLARI . 16 December 2022 . TÜİK . tr . XLS.
3. Web site: Sosyal ve kültürel yapı . 19 October 2022 . 143 . tr.
4. Baluken . Yusuf . 2021 . Aşiretten mîrliğe Buxtîler . Kovara Kurdinameyê ya Navnetewî . 4 . 49.
5. Book: Wilmshurst . David . The Ecclesiastical Organisation of the Church of the East, 1318–1913 . 2000 . Peeters Publishers . 90.