Yemişli | |
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Coordinates: 37°22′08″N 43°04′44″E / 37.369°N 43.079°E | |
Country | Turkey |
Province | Şırnak |
District | Uludere |
Population (2023)
[1] | 2,749 |
Time zone | UTC+3 ( TRT) |
Yemişli ( Kurdish: Mergeh; Syriac: Margā) is a village in the Uludere District of Şırnak Province in Turkey. The village is populated by Kurds of the Goyan tribe and had a population of 2,749 in 2023. [1] [2]
The hamlet of Yekmal is attached to Yemişli. [3]
Margā (today called Yemişli) was inhabited by 760 Chaldean Catholic Assyrians in 1913 and had one church and one priest as part of the diocese of Zakho. [4] The village was destroyed by the Ottoman Army in June 1915 amidst the Sayfo and its inhabitants were later resettled at Berseve near Zakho in Iraq. [5]
Population history from 2007 to 2023: [1]
Year | Pop. | ±% |
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2007 | 2,119 | — |
2010 | 2,365 | +11.6% |
2015 | 3,433 | +45.2% |
2020 | 2,885 | −16.0% |
2023 | 2,749 | −4.7% |