Yemişli (Midyat)

Yemişli
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Basic data
Province (il) :	Mardin
District ( ilçe ) :	Midyat
Coordinates :	37 ° 20 ′  N , 41 ° 20 ′  E Coordinates: 37 ° 19 ′ 41 ″  N , 41 ° 20 ′ 30 ″  E
Height :	920  m
Residents :	552 (2013)
Telephone code :	(+90) 482
Postal code :	47500
License plate :	47

Yemişli is a Christian village in the Midyat district of the Turkish province of Mardin , which in the past was mainly inhabited by Syrians (also known as Assyrians or Arameans ).

location

Yemişli is located about 72 km east of the provincial capital Mardin and 13 km south of Midyat on a direct road connection to Nusaybin , other villages in the area are distributed as follows:

	Midyat 13 km
Mardin 72 km		Taşköy 16 km
	Nusaybin 35 km	Üçköy 14 km

population

Once inhabited by Syriacs , nowadays the population consists mainly of Kurds and only a small part of the Christian indigenous people.

Churches and chapels

The Syrian-Orthodox village once had six chapels and two churches: Mor Quryaqos and Mor Eshayo.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Turkish Institute for Statistics ( Memento from December 5, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), accessed November 27, 2014
2. ^ People are looking for a home - Arameans and Assyrians between Germany and Turkey. Retrieved on July 27, 2019 (German).