Oğuz, Beşiri

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Oğuz
Village
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Oğuz
Location in Turkey
Coordinates: 37°49′05″N41°22′41″E / 37.818°N 41.378°E / 37.818; 41.378
Country Turkey
Province Batman
District Beşiri
Population
 (2021) [1]
405
Time zone UTC+3 (TRT)

Oğuz (Kurdish : Şimiz; Syriac : Šimiz) [2] is a village in the Beşiri District of Batman Province in Turkey. [3] The village is populated by Kurds and had a population of 405 in 2021. [1] [4] The village is populated by Yazidis. [4]

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The hamlets of Akdoğan, Kışlacık, Onbaşı and Yavuz are attached to the village. [3] Onbaşı is populated by Yazidis as well. [5]

History

Šimiz (today called Oğuz) was historically inhabited by Syriac Orthodox Christians. [2] In the Syriac Orthodox patriarchal register of dues of 1870, it was recorded that the village had 3 households, who paid 10 dues, and had one priest, but did not have a church. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 "31 ARALIK 2021 TARİHLİ ADRESE DAYALI NÜFUS KAYIT SİSTEMİ (ADNKS) SONUÇLARI" (XLS). TÜİK (in Turkish). Retrieved 16 December 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 Bcheiry (2009), p. 43.
  3. 1 2 "Türkiye Mülki İdare Bölümleri Envanteri". T.C. İçişleri Bakanlığı (in Turkish). Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  4. 1 2 Andrews & Benninghaus (1989), p. 351.
  5. ↑ Turan (1993), p. 33.

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