Aksu
Village
Aksu is located in Turkey
Aksu
Aksu
Location in Turkey
Coordinates: 37°20′10″N 42°38′13″E / 37.336°N 42.637°E / 37.336; 42.637
CountryTurkey
ProvinceŞırnak
DistrictSilopi
Population
 (2021)[1]
32
Time zoneTRT (UTC+3)

Aksu (Syriac: Herbol, Kurdish: Herbûl) is a village in the Silopi District of Şırnak Province in Turkey.[2] The village is populated by Assyrians and had a population of 32 in 2021, a decrease from 1,066 in 1985.[1][3][4]

The locals are Chaldean Catholics.[5]

History

The village was emptied in 1991 due to the Kurdish–Turkish conflict and the locals immigrated to France. Only the local church, school and some houses remained intact.[6] Few locals have since then returned to rebuild the village, but the village was hit by fire in 2015 which obstructed its reconstruction.[7]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "31 ARALIK 2021 TARİHLİ ADRESE DAYALI NÜFUS KAYIT SİSTEMİ (ADNKS) SONUÇLARI" (XLS). TÜİK (in Turkish). Retrieved 16 December 2022.
  2. ↑ "Türkiye Mülki İdare Bölümleri Envanteri". T.C. İçişleri Bakanlığı (in Turkish). Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  3. ↑ Ertaş (2019). "Tarihsel ve Kültürel Boyutlarıyla Şırnak Bölgesindeki Keldaniler ve Müslümanlarla Münasebetleri" (PDF). Asos Journal: The Journal of Academic Social Science (in Turkish): 154. ISSN 2148-2489.
  4. ↑ Genel nüfus sayımı 1985: Mardın (in Turkish). Başbakanlık, Devlet İstatistik Enstitüsü. 1987. p. 11.
  5. ↑ Peter Alfred, Andrews; Benninghaus, Rüdiger, eds. (1989). Ethnic Groups in the Republic of Turkey. p. 384.
  6. ↑ "Yasak da olsa... köy bizim köyümüz". Evrensel (in Turkish). 15 April 2009. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
  7. ↑ "Cudi Dağı'ndaki yangın Asurî köyünü de yaktı". Evrensel. 19 July 2015. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
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