Sati, Sur
Sati | |
|---|---|
  Sati Location within Turkey | |
| Coordinates: 37°51′39″N 40°21′29″E / 37.86074°N 40.3581°E | |
| Country | Turkey |
| Province | Diyarbakır |
| District | Sur |
| Population (2025) | 1,122 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (TRT) |
Sati (Kurdish: Satya;[1] Syriac: Saṭiyah)[2][a] is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Sur, Diyarbakır Province in Turkey.[4] It is populated by Kurds and had a population of 1,122 in 2025.[1][5]
History
Saṭiyah (today called Sati) was historically inhabited by Syriac Orthodox Christians and Armenians.[6] In the Syriac Orthodox patriarchal register of dues of 1870, it was recorded that the village had 6 households, who did not pay any dues, and did not have a church or a priest.[2] There were 82 Armenian hearths in 1880.[7] There was an Armenian church of Surb Tukhmanuk.[2] By 1895, the total population was about 300.[8] On 1 November 1895, the village was attacked and plundered during the massacres in the Diyarbekir vilayet by Kurds who murdered the men and children and seized the women and girls.[8][b] The Christians attempted to take refuge in the church, but it was set on fire by the Kurds after they had climbed atop its roof and drilled a hole through which they threw hay and poured crude oil that was then set alight.[8] The Kurds then slaughtered the Christians as they attempted to flee the church; only three people survived.[8]
The village was located in the Diyarbakır central district (merkez kaza) in the Diyarbakır sanjak in the Diyarbekir vilayet in c. 1900.[6] In 1914, it was populated by 350 Syriacs, according to the list presented to the Paris Peace Conference by the Assyro-Chaldean delegation.[10] Amidst the Sayfo, in 1915, the villagers were killed by militia on the orders of the kaymakam of Al-Madine and the priest was tortured and killed.[11]
References
Notes
Citations
- 1 2 Tîgrîs & Çakar (2012), p. 301.
- 1 2 3 Bcheiry (2009), p. 67.
- ↑ Jongerden & Verheij (2012), p. 308; Kévorkian (2006), p. 267; Abed Mshiho Neman of Qarabash (2021), pp. 44, 48.
- ↑ Mahalle Archived 6 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
- ↑ "Population Of Municipalities, Villages And Quarters". TÜİK. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
- 1 2 Jongerden & Verheij (2012), p. 308.
- ↑ Kévorkian (2006), p. 267.
- 1 2 3 4 Abed Mshiho Neman of Qarabash (2021), p. 44.
- ↑ Jongerden & Verheij (2012), p. 334; Gaunt (2006), p. 250.
- ↑ Gaunt (2006), p. 422.
- ↑ Abed Mshiho Neman of Qarabash (2021), p. 114; Gaunt (2006), p. 250.
Bibliography
- Abed Mshiho Neman of Qarabash (2021) [1918]. Sayfo – An Account of the Assyrian Genocide. Translated by Michael Abdalla; Łukasz Kiczko. Edinburgh University Press.
- Bcheiry, Iskandar (2009). The Syriac Orthodox Patriarchal Register of Dues of 1870: An Unpublished Historical Document from the Late Ottoman Period. Gorgias Press. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
- 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, eds. (2012). Social Relations in Ottoman Diyarbekir, 1870-1915. Brill. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
- Kévorkian, Raymond H. (2006). "Demographic Changes in the Armenian Population of Diarbekir, 1895-1914". In Richard G. Hovannisian (ed.). Armenian Tigranakert/Diarbekir and Edessa/Urfa. Mazda Publishers. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
- Tîgrîs, Amed; Çakar, Yıldız (2012). Amed : erdnîgarî, dîrok, çand (in Kurdish).