Gönüllü (; ) is a village in the
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. of
Batman Province
Batman Province (, ; ) is a province in Turkey. It was created in May 1990 with the Law No. 3647 taking some parts from the eastern Province of Siirt and some from the southern Province of Mardin. Its area is 4,477 km2, and its population i ...
in
Turkey
Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...
.
The village had a population of 357 in 2021.
Rice
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is grown at the village.
In the village, there is the ruined Monastery of Mor Shemʿun.
History
The monastery at Dayro d-Il (today called Gönüllü) was built between 700 and 734 AD.
It had a population of 201 in 1935.
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Villages in Gercüş District
Kurdish settlements in Batman Province
Historic Assyrian communities in Batman Province