Sarıköy | |
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Coordinates: 37°17′10″N 41°37′19″E / 37.286°N 41.622°E | |
Country | Turkey |
Province | Şırnak |
District | İdil |
Population (2021)[1] | 53 |
Time zone | UTC+3 (TRT) |
Sarıköy (Kurdish: Sarê,[2] Syriac: Estero, Gawayto) is a village in the İdil District of Şırnak Province in Turkey.[3] The village is populated by Assyrians and had a population of 53 in 2021.[1][2]
Sarıköy is an Assyrian Syriac Orthodox village of fourteen clans and historically under the patronage of the Kurdish Salihan tribe.[2] Some families consider themselves Salihan.[2][4] During the 20th century after Sayfo, a large part of its population migrated to Germany with some families returning in recent years.[5]
There were 180 speakers of Turoyo in the village in 1984.[6]