Doğançay, Mardin

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Doğançay
ܡܙܝܙܚ
Village
Doğançay is located in Turkey
Doğançay
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
ProvinceMardin Province
DistrictMidyat
Population
 (2011)
 • Total180

Doğançay (Syriac: ܡܙܝܙܚ Mzizah or Mizizah, Kurdish: Mizîzex) is a village in Mardin Province in southeastern Turkey. It is located in the district of Midyat and the historical region of Tur Abdin.

History[]

The Church of Mor Yuhannon in Mzizah was constructed in the 6th century and the village is first mentioned in 1296. In the early 18th century AD, Assyrians from the village of Ain Wardo settled in Mzizah. Later, Assyrians from the villages of Zaz, Kfarbe, Bashoq, Urnus, Rowen, and Merin also settled in Mzizah.[1]

In 1915, during the Assyrian genocide, the majority of the Assyrian population of the village fled to Ain Wardo, where they remained for fifty days until a truce was agreed and they were permitted to return to Mzizah.[2] However, several Assyrians were killed on the journey to the village and many subsequently fled to Syria.[2] In 1961, the name of the village was officially changed to Doğançay.

Demographics[]

Assyrian families
YearPop.±% p.a.
1870 16—    
1915 70+3.33%
1960 90+0.56%
1970 212+8.95%
1978 78−11.75%
1979 75−3.85%
1980 42−44.00%
1985 37−2.50%
1987 35−2.74%
2006 6−8.86%
2007 7+16.67%
2008 6−14.29%
Kurdish families
YearPop.±% p.a.
1915 50—    
2008 35−0.38%

Coordinates: 37°22′19″N 41°26′53″E / 37.372°N 41.448°E / 37.372; 41.448

References[]

  1. ^ Geschichte von Mzizah. (in German)
  2. ^ a b Gaunt et al. (2006), p. 384

Bibliography[]

  • Gaunt, David; Bet̲-Şawoce, Jan; Donef, Racho (2006). Massacres, Resistance, Protectors: Muslim-Christian Relations in Eastern Anatolia During World War I. Gorgias Press.


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