Başyurt (Midyat)
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| Province (il) : | Mardin | |||
| District ( ilçe ) : | Midyat | |||
| Coordinates : | 37 ° 26 ' N , 41 ° 39' E | |||
| Height : | 900 m | |||
| Residents : | 805 (2009) | |||
| Telephone code : | (+90) 482 | |||
| Postal code : | 47 xxx | |||
| License plate : | 47 | |||
Başyurt (Kurdish Zaxuran ) is a Kurdish village in the Midyat district of the Turkish province of Mardin . It is located in southeastern Anatolia at 900 m above sea level, about 40 km east of Midyat.
The original place name was Zahuran. It is registered in this form at the land registry and was also used as an alternative name in censuses.
On January 23, 1987, a 15-man strong unit of the PKK's ARGK attacked the hamlet of Efeler, which belongs to Başyurt, during the night. They shot with automatic weapons and set fire to several houses. The purpose of the action was to punish two Kurdish families whose men had joined the village guards . Ten people were killed, including seven children and young children.
In 1965 the population was 1,566. In 1985, 1,105 people lived in Başyurt. In 2009 the village had 805 inhabitants.
Individual evidence
- ↑ MARDİN İLİ MİDYAT İLÇESİ KADASTRO DURUMU. In: www.e-tkbm.gov.tr. Archived from the original on February 2, 2014 ; accessed on May 16, 2018 (Turkish).
- ↑ a b T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet İstatistik Enstitüsü: Genel Nüfus Sayımı: İdari Bölünüş: İl, İlçe, Bucak ve Köy (Muhtarlık) Nüfusları, October 24, 1965. Ankara 1968, page 479
- ↑ Page no longer available , search in web archives: The Efeler massacre (Turkish)
- ↑ www.yerelnet.org.tr
- ↑ www.report.tuik.gov.tr ( Memento from September 17, 2013 in the Internet Archive )