Akkaya, Çukurca
Akkaya (Kurdish: Serispî; Syriac: Sārāspīdōn)[2][nb 1] is a village in the Çukurca District in Hakkâri Province in Turkey.[4] The village is populated by Kurds of the Alan tribe and had a population of 808 in 2022.[1][5]
Akkaya | |
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  Akkaya Location in Turkey | |
| Coordinates: 37.348°N 43.464°E | |
| Country | Turkey |
| Province | Hakkâri |
| District | Çukurca |
| Population (2022)[1] | 808 |
| Time zone | TRT (UTC+3) |
The four hamlets of Dağdibi (Cemêhuyu), Sarıyer (Sîyavik), Dikenli (Bite) and Kunaklı (Barzan) are attached to Akkaya. Dikenli and Kunaklı are unpopulated.[6]
History
Sārāspīdōn (today called Akkaya) was historically inhabited by Assyrian people and located in the Upper Tyari district in the Hakkari region.[2] It had two churches and was served as part of the diocese of the Patriarch of the Church of the East.[7] According to the English missionary George Percy Badger, the village was inhabited by 80 Assyrian families in 1850, all of whom belonged to the Church of the East and were served by two priests.[2] Badger recorded that the villagers possessed 3000 sheep, 150 oxen, and 160 muskets;[8] he also noted lead was mined at the village for use in the production of bullets.[9] By 1877, the village's population had declined to 50 families with two priests when visited by Edward Lewes Cutts.[2] Sārāspīdōn was destroyed by the Ottoman Army in June 1915 amidst the Sayfo.[10]
Population
Population history of the village from 2007 to 2022:[1]
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 674 | — |
| 2012 | 877 | +5.41% |
| 2017 | 885 | +0.18% |
| 2022 | 808 | −1.80% |
References
Notes
- Alternatively transliterated as Serspeedho or Sarispedo.[3]
Citations
- "Address Based Population Registration System Results". Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (in Turkish). Retrieved 15 February 2023.
- Wilmshurst (2000), p. 291.
- Aboona 2008, p. 292; Yacoub 2016, p. 166.
- "Türkiye Mülki İdare Bölümleri Envanteri". T.C. İçişleri Bakanlığı (in Turkish). Retrieved 19 December 2022.
- Mendeş, Hurşit Baran (2022). Ertoşîler (in Turkish). Doz. p. 318.
- "Çukurca köylerinin Kürtçe, Türkçe ve eski isimleri" (in Turkish). Retrieved 17 December 2022.
- Wilmshurst 2000, p. 291; Aboona 2008, p. 292.
- Badger (1852), p. 366.
- Badger (1852), p. 216.
- Yacoub (2016), p. 166.
Bibliography
- Aboona, Hirmis (2008). Assyrians, Kurds, and Ottomans: Intercommunal Relations on the Periphery of the Ottoman Empire. Cambria Press. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
- Badger, George Percy (1852). The Nestorians and Their Rituals: With the Narrative of a Mission to Mesopotamia and Coordistan in 1842-1844, and of a Late Visit to Those Countries in 1850 ; Also, Researches Into the Present Condition of the Syrian Jacobites, Papal Syrians, and Chaldeans, and an Inquiry Into the Religious Tenets of the Yezeedees. Vol. 1. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
- Wilmshurst, David (2000). The Ecclesiastical Organisation of the Church of the East, 1318–1913. Peeters Publishers.
- Yacoub, Joseph (2016). Year of the Sword: The Assyrian Christian Genocide, A History. Translated by James Ferguson. Oxford University Press.