Kayı, İdil

Kayı (Kurdish: Hêdil,^[2] Syriac: ܚܕܠ, romanized: Ḥidl)^[3][a] is a village in the İdil District of Şırnak Province in Turkey.^[5] The village is populated by Kurds of the Omerkan tribe and had a population of 169 in 2021.^[1][6] It is located in the historic region of Tur Abdin.^[7]

Kayı
Village
Kayı Location in Turkey
Coordinates: 37.374°N 41.783°E / 37.374; 41.783
Country	Turkey
Province	Şırnak
District	İdil
Population  (2021)[1]	169
Time zone	UTC+3 (TRT)

History

Ḥidl (today called Kayı) is identified with the ancient town of Andulu, located in the Izalla region.^[8] The village was historically inhabited by adherents of the Church of the East.^[9] Ignatius Behnam Hadloyo, Syriac Orthodox patriarch of Antioch (r. 1445–1454), was born at Ḥidl.^[10] The Church of Mar Bassus and Susan at Ḥidl was taken over by the Syriac Orthodox Church as a result of the villagers' conversion prior to the 18th century.^[11]

In 1914, the village was populated by 100 Syriacs, according to the Assyro-Chaldean delegation to the Paris Peace Conference.^[12] There were 20 or 22 Syriac families at Ḥidl in 1915.^[13] Amidst the Sayfo, the villagers took refuge at Azakh and remained there until the end of the massacres.^[14] By 1987, there were no remaining Syriacs.^[15]