Girmeli | |
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Coordinates: 37°06′47″N 41°25′41″E / 37.113°N 41.428°E | |
Country | Turkey |
Province | Mardin |
District | Nusaybin |
Population (2022) | 3,247 |
Time zone | UTC+3 (TRT) |
Girmeli (Kurdish: Girê Mîra, lit. 'Emir hill'; Syriac: Gırēmīrā)[1][nb 1] is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of Nusaybin, Mardin Province, Turkey.[3] The population was 3,247 in 2022.[4] Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town (belde).[5][6] The village is populated by Assyrians and by Kurds of the Mizizex and Omerkan tribes.[7][8]
Gırēmīrā (today called Girmeli) was inhabited by 400 Assyrians in 1914, according to the list presented to the Paris Peace Conference by the Assyro-Chaldean delegation.[9] In 1915, there were 70 Assyrian families and 10 Kurdish families.[10] The Assyrians adhered to the Syriac Orthodox Church.[11] Amidst the Sayfo, the Assyrians took refuge elsewhere.[12] The village had a population of 571 in 1960.[1] There were 225 Turoyo-speaking Christians in 34 families in 1966.[1] By 1987, there were 7 Assyrian families.[13]
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