Elbeğendi ( syc, Kafro Tahtayto) is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of
Midyat
Midyat ( ku, Midyad, Syriac: ܡܕܝܕ ''Mëḏyaḏ'', Turoyo: ''Miḏyoyo'', ar, مديات) is a town in the Mardin Province of Turkey. The ancient city is the center of a centuries-old Hurrian town in Upper Mesopotamia. In its long history, the ...
,
Mardin Province in southeastern
Turkey.
It is located in the historical region of
Tur Abdin.
In the village, there are churches of Mor Jacob and Mor Barsaumo, the Virgin Mary, and Mor Bosus.
The village is populated by
Assyrians
Assyrian may refer to:
* Assyrian people, the indigenous ethnic group of Mesopotamia.
* Assyria, a major Mesopotamian kingdom and empire.
** Early Assyrian Period
** Old Assyrian Period
** Middle Assyrian Empire
** Neo-Assyrian Empire
* Assyrian ...
and had a population of 46 in 2021.
History
In 1900, Kafro Tahtayto was inhabited by 30
Assyrian
Assyrian may refer to:
* Assyrian people, the indigenous ethnic group of Mesopotamia.
* Assyria, a major Mesopotamian kingdom and empire.
** Early Assyrian Period
** Old Assyrian Period
** Middle Assyrian Empire
** Neo-Assyrian Empire
* Assyrian ...
families.
Amidst the
Assyrian genocide, in 1915, the village's population fled to the Monastery of Mor Malke,
Kloster Mor Malke
'. Foundation for Conservation and Promotion of the Aramaic Cultural Heritage. and was uninhabited until the first 8 families returned in 1916.
The village's population grew to 46 families in 1970, however, they were forced to flee abroad due to the
Kurdish–Turkish conflict in the 1980s, and only 5 families remained by 1992.
The village was forcibly evicted by the Turkish army in 1995, and the remaining three families emigrated to Western Europe.
In 2006, 17 Assyrian families returned to the village from
Augsburg and
Göppingen in
Germany, and
Trüllikon and
Zürich in
Switzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
. In late July 2019, Assyrian properties in Kafro Tahtayto were struck by suspected arson attacks.
Notable people
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Iskender Alptekin
Iskender Alptekin ( syr, ܐܣܟܢܕܪ ܐܠܦܬܟܢ; 29 August 1961 – 18 May 2010), also known as Matay Rabo, was an Aramaic politician, musician and the President of the European Syriac Union (ESU).
Biography
Iskender Alptekin was born on 29 A ...
(1961-2010), Assyrian politician
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{{Midyat District
Assyrian communities in Turkey
Tur Abdin
Neighbourhoods in Midyat District
Places of the Assyrian genocide