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Cevizağacı, Beytüşşebap
Village in Şırnak Province, Turkey From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Cevizağacı (Classical Syriac: ܓܙܐ ܕܢܘܚ, romanized: Gazzā d-Noḥ, lit. 'Noah's Treasure',[2] Syriac: Gaznakh, Kurdish: Geznex)[3] is a village in the Beytüşşebap District of Şırnak Province in Turkey.[4] The village is populated by Assyrians who adhere to the Chaldean Catholic Church and had a population of 79 in 2023.[1][5][6]
Cevizağacı is situated at the foot of the Kato mountain.[7]
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History
The village was populated by Assyrians but abandoned by the 1990s when the whole population bar, the muhtar migrated to Belgium. Three families had by the early 2010s resettled in the village.[7] In 2019, it was reported that eight families had returned to the village.[8]
In August 2022, Mamxûran Kurds from neighboring villages returned land in the village to the returning Assyrians peacefully after having seized the land after its abandonment.[9]
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Population
Population history from 2007 to 2023:[1]
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