Gündeş, Çukurca Explained

Type:village
Gündeş
Province:Hakkâri
District:Çukurca
Population Total:2376
Population As Of:2023

Gündeş [1] is a village in the Çukurca District in Hakkâri Province in Turkey.[2] The village is populated by Kurds of the Kaşuran tribe and had a population of 2,376 in 2023.[3]

The six hamlets of Boylu, Köprülü, Güzeldere, Ormanlı, Çiçekli and Çimenli are attached to Cevizli. Boylu and Çiçekli are unpopulated.

Ormanlı

Ormanlı (Classical Syriac: ܙܘܝܬܐ|translit=Zāwīṯā) is a hamlet which historically was an Assyrian village and part of the lower Tyari district. Between 1850 and 1877, the village had ninety members of Syriac Christianity including one priest. There was moreover a church in the village during this period.[4] The village was destroyed during Sayfo.[5] The hamlet is populated by Kurds of Alan and Êzdînan tribes today and had a population of 438 in 2022.[6]

Population

Population history of the village from 2007 to 2023:[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Çukurca köylerinin Kürtçe, Türkçe ve eski isimleri . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230312123325/https://www.yuksekovahaber.com.tr/haber/cukurca-koylerinin-kurtce-turkce-ve-eski-isimleri-241568.htm . 12 March 2023 . 17 December 2022 . tr.
  2. Web site: Türkiye Mülki İdare Bölümleri Envanteri . 19 December 2022 . T.C. İçişleri Bakanlığı . tr.
  3. Book: Aşiretler raporu . Kaynak Yayınları . 1998 . 159 . tr.
  4. Book: Wilmshurst . David . The Ecclesiastical Organisation of the Church of the East, 1318–1913 . 2000 . Peeters Publishers . 288.
  5. Book: Yacoub, Joseph . Year of the Sword: The Assyrian Christian Genocide, A History . . 2016 . 9780190694630 . 166.
  6. Book: Mendeş, Hurşit Baran . Ertoşîler . Doz . 2022 . 318 and 342 . tr.
  7. Web site: Population Of Municipalities, Villages And Quarters. . 10 May 2024.