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Gercüş District
Gercüş District is a district of Batman Province in Turkey. The town of Gercüş is the seat and the district had a population of 19,304 in 2021.İlçe Belediyesi Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 30 January 2023. Its area is 914 km2. The district was established in 1926. Composition There are two in Gercüş District: * Gercüş * Kayapınar There are 58 |
Gercüş
Gercüş (; ) is a town and seat of the Gercüş District of Batman Province in Turkey. The town is populated by Kurds of the Kercoz tribe and had a population of 6,064 in 2021. The town is divided into the neighbourhoods of Bağlarbaşı, Çukurçeşme, Pınarbaşı and Yolağzı. Etymology The town's name in Syriac translates to "village of the walnut-tree". The Kurdish name is derived from the Kurdish word for " tell, settlement mound". History According to the ''Life'' of Jacob of Ṣalaḥ, Kfar-Gawze (today called Gercüş) was founded by a wealthy Roman soldier named Gawson prior to Jacob's death in 421 AD. Gawson had been forced to leave Ṣalaḥ after it was discovered that his daughter had committed adultery with his servant Decius. The village is also mentioned in the ''Life'' of Theodotus of Amida (). In the Syriac Orthodox patriarchal register of dues of 1870, it was recorded that Kfar-Gawze had sixteen households, who paid twenty-nine dues, and did not have a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |