Güven, Midyat Explained

Official Name:	Güven
Type:	neighbourhood
Coordinates:	37.359°N 41.39°W
Province:	Mardin
District:	Midyat
Population Total:	67
Population As Of:	2021

Güven (Kurdish: Bacin, Bicin),^[1] historically known as Bajenne is a neighbourhood located in the municipality and district of Midyat, Mardin Province in Turkey.^[2] The village is located ca. 8km (05miles) south of Midyat town centre.^[3]

The village is populated by Kurds of the Şemikan tribe and has a population of 67 in 2021.^[4]

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The Kurds in the village are Yazidis of the Şemikan tribe.^[5] While the Şemikan tribe in Güven are Yazidi, the ones in nearby Sivrice (Dalîn) village are Muslim.^[6]

The village experienced mass emigration in the 1980s to especially Germany resulting in only few elderly to remain by the 1990s.^[7] The village took in Yazidi refugees fleeing the genocide perpetuated by ISIS in 2014.^[8]

Notes and References

1. Book: İbrahim Sediyani . Adını arayan coğrafya . 2009 . Özedönüş Yayınları . 9786054296002 . 255.
2. Web site: Türkiye Mülki İdare Bölümleri Envanteri . 19 December 2022 . T.C. İçişleri Bakanlığı . tr.
3. Web site: TMMOB Mimarlar Odası Diyarbakır Şubesi. PDF. 2018-12-27. 2019-08-23. https://web.archive.org/web/20190823192618/http://www.dimod.org.tr/mimarlarodasi/diyarch/diyarch4.pdf. dead.
4. Web site: 31 ARALIK 2021 TARİHLİ ADRESE DAYALI NÜFUS KAYIT SİSTEMİ (ADNKS) SONUÇLARI . 16 December 2022 . TÜİK . tr . XLS.
5. Book: Torî, Wêlate . Bir Kürt düşüncesi Yezidilik ve Yezidiler . Berfin Yayınları . 2000 . 47 . tr.
6. Book: Tan, Altan . Turabidin'den Berriye'ye. Aşiretler - Dinler - Diller - Kültürler . 2018 . 9789944360944 . 154 . tr.
7. News: 27 April 2022 . Wêne şahidê şênbûna Bacinê ye . ku . Yeni Özgür Politika . 18 September 2022.
8. News: 8 August 2014 . Êzidî People: We Have No Hope of Returning . . 14 December 2022.