Doğançay, Midyat

Neighbourhood in Midyat, Mardin, Turkey

Doğançay

Neighbourhood

Doğançay

Location in Turkey

Coordinates: 37°22′19″N 41°26′53″E﻿ / ﻿37.372°N 41.448°E﻿ / 37.372; 41.448
Country| Turkey
Province| Mardin
District| Midyat
Population

(2021)[1]

| 159
Time zone| UTC+3 (TRT)

Doğançay (Kurdish: Mizîzex; Syriac: Mzīzāḥ)[2][nb 1] is a village in the district of Midyat, Mardin Province in Turkey.[4] It is located in the historic region of Tur Abdin.[5] It is populated by Assyrians and by Kurds of the Zaxuran tribe.[6] The village had a population of 159 in 2021.[1]

## History

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In 1914, the village was inhabited by 350 Assyrians, according to the list presented to the Paris Peace Conference by the Assyro-Chaldean delegation.[7] Amidst the Sayfo, the Assyrians of Mzīzāḥ fled with their possessions in July 1915 upon hearing of the attack on Midyat to ‘Ayn-Wardo, where they subsequently came under siege.[8] Mas’ud Shabo from the Musa Gebro family of Mzīzāḥ was chosen to lead the defence of ‘Ayn-Wardo.[8] Those who attempted to return Mzīzāḥ after a ceasefire had been agreed were shot.[9] The Assyrians were able to return to the village with the aid of Çelebi Ağa after his release from prison following the end of the First World War.[10]

The first Turkish primary school was founded at Mzīzāḥ in 1953.[11] By 1980, the village was inhabited by 150 families, half of whom were Assyrian whilst the other half was Kurdish.[11] In the late 20th century, a number of Assyrians emigrated abroad to Germany.[12] In 2003, the restoration of the Church of Mar-Yuhanon was financed by the village's expatriate community.[12]

## Demography

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The following is a list of the number of Assyrian families that have inhabited Mzīzāḥ per year stated. Unless otherwise stated, all figures are from the list provided in Eastern Christianity, Theological Reflection on Religion, Culture, and Politics in the Holy Land and Christian Encounter with Islam and the Muslim World, as noted in the bibliography below.[13][nb 2]

* 1915: 70[14]
* 1966: 100
* 1979: 80
* 1981: 56
* 1987: 35
* 1995: 8
* 1997: 7
* 2013: 6–7[12]

The following is a list of the number of Kurdish families that have inhabited Mzīzāḥ per year stated.

* 1915: 50[7]
* 2013: 18[12]

## Notable people

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* Derwich Ferho (b. 1961), Kurdish activist

## References

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Notes

1. ^ Alternatively transliterated as Mizizah, Mizizan, Mozizah, Mzaizah, or Mzezak.[3]
2. ^ The size of a single family varies between five and ten persons.[13]

Citations

1. ^ a b "31 ARALIK 2021 TARİHLİ ADRESE DAYALI NÜFUS KAYIT SİSTEMİ (ADNKS) SONUÇLARI" (XLS). TÜİK (in Turkish). Retrieved 16 December 2022.
2. ^ Palmer (1990), p. 264.
3. ^ Barsoum (2008), p. 16; Jongerden & Verheij (2012), p. 323; Gaunt (2006), p. 240.
4. ^ "Türkiye Mülki İdare Bölümleri Envanteri". T.C. İçişleri Bakanlığı (in Turkish). Retrieved 19 December 2022.
5. ^ Barsoum (2008), p. 16.
6. ^ Tan (2011), p. 140.
7. ^ a b Gaunt (2006), p. 427.
8. ^ a b Gaunt (2006), pp. 202, 240.
9. ^ Gaunt (2006), p. 205.
10. ^ Jongerden & Verheij (2012), p. 264.
11. ^ a b Atto (2011), p. 70.
12. ^ a b c d Courtois (2013), p. 147.
13. ^ a b Brock (2021), p. 167.
14. ^ Gaunt (2006), p. 427; Courtois (2004), p. 226.

## Bibliography

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* Atto, Naures (2011). Hostages in the Homeland, Orphans in the Diaspora: Identity Discourses Among the Assyrian/Syriac Elites in the European Diaspora (PDF). Leiden University Press. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
* Barsoum, Aphrem (2008). The History of Tur Abdin. Translated by Matti Moosa. Gorgias Press. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
* Brock, Sebastian (2021). "The Syrian Orthodox Church in the twentieth century". Eastern Christianity, Theological Reflection on Religion, Culture, and Politics in the Holy Land and Christian Encounter with Islam and the Muslim World (PDF). Living Stones of the Holy Land Trust. pp. 155–181. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
* Courtois, Sébastien de (2004). The Forgotten Genocide: Eastern Christians, The Last Arameans. Translated by Vincent Aurora. Gorgias Press.
* Courtois, Sébastien de (2013). "Tur Abdin : Réflexions sur l'état présent descommunautés syriaques du Sud-Est de la Turquie,mémoire, exils, retours". Cahier du Gremmamo (in French). 21: 113–150.
* Gaunt, David (2006). Massacres, Resistance, Protectors: Muslim-Christian Relations in Eastern Anatolia during World War I. Gorgias Press. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
* Jongerden, Joost; Verheij, Jelle (2012). Social Relations in Ottoman Diyarbekir, 1870-1915. Brill.
* Palmer, Andrew (1990). Monk and Mason on the Tigris Frontier: The Early History of Tur Abdin. Cambridge University Press. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
* Tan, Altan (2011). Turabidin'den Berriye'ye. Aşiretler - Dinler - Diller - Kültürler (in Turkish).

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