Çörekli

Çörekli
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Basic data
Province (il) :	Mardin
District ( ilçe ) :	Midyat
Coordinates :	37 ° 19 '  N , 41 ° 26'  E Coordinates: 37 ° 18 '48 "  N , 41 ° 26' 6"  E
Height :	871  m
Telephone code :	(+90) 482
Postal code :	47500
License plate :	47

Çörekli ( Kurmanji : denwan) is a jesidisches village in the southeast of Turkey . The village is located about 15 km southeast of Midyat in the Midyat district of the same name in the Mardin province . The place is located in the Tur Abdin mountain range in Southeast Anatolia .

View of Çörekli

The Yezidi pilgrimage site of Mêrê Harab in Çörekli. A cemetery and the sanctuary can be seen in the background. In the foreground is a hill decorated with colorful towels (so-called perîs).

location

Çörekli (Denwan) is located approximately 2 km southeast of Koçan and approximately 2 km southwest of Çayırlı .

History and population

The original name of the village is Denwan. The villages were renamed as a result of the Turkishization of geographical names in Turkey . Today Çörekli is mostly an abandoned village. The village had an exclusively Yazidi population. Most of the Yazidis from the town fled to Germany.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ulla Jelpke , Christine Buchholz , Annette Groth a . a .: Situation of members of the Yazidi religious community. (PDF) In: German Bundestag . June 12, 2014, p. 2 , accessed February 17, 2019 . 
2. ↑ Hun bi xer hatin - Denwan.de. Accessed December 30, 2018 .