Güngören ( syc, Keferb, ), also known as Keferbi is a village in the

Midyat District Midyat District is a district of the Mardin Province of Turkey. The seat of the district is the town of Midyat and the population was 118,625 in 2021. Status With the administrative reform in 2012, Midyat District contains seventy-two neighb ...

of Mardin Province in

Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...

. The village is adjacent to an ancient monastery, Mor Gabriel Monastery, only to the west. Güngören 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 by

Kurds ug:كۇردلار Kurds ( ku, کورد ,Kurd, italic=yes, rtl=yes) or Kurdish people are an Iranian ethnic group native to the mountainous region of Kurdistan in Western Asia, which spans southeastern Turkey, northwestern Iran, northern Ir ...

of the Dermemikan tribe. The village had a population of 169 in 2021.

History

The village predates the coming of Islam, with a church ("Purple Stefanos Church"), dating to 778 AD."Churches-Monasteries" Mardin Culture and Tourism Directorate
/ref> The Dermemikan Kurds settled in the village in the 1700s and came from

Doğubayazıt Doğubayazıt ( ku, Bazîd, ) is a district of Ağrı Province of Turkey, and it is the easternmost district of Turkey, lying near the border with Iran. Its elevation is 1625m and its area is 2,383 km². Doğubayazıt's population in 2010 was 115 ...

Geography

Güngören is surrounded by forest and is situated atop a hill. The village is located in a geographic and cultural region known as

Tur Abdin Tur Abdin ( syr, ܛܽܘܪ ܥܰܒ݂ܕܺܝܢ or ܛܘܼܪ ܥܲܒ݂ܕܝܼܢ, Ṭūr ʿAḇdīn) is a hilly region situated in southeast Turkey, including the eastern half of the Mardin Province, and Şırnak Province west of the Tigris, on the borde ...

, which is a large, fairly hilly plateau in Southeastern Turkey. The nearest city is Midyat, away. The village is east of the provincial capital of

Mardin Mardin ( ku, Mêrdîn; ar, ماردين; syr, ܡܪܕܝܢ, Merdīn; hy, Մարդին) is a city in southeastern Turkey. The capital of Mardin Province, it is known for the Artuqid architecture of its old city, and for its strategic location on ...

. The village is in a region with a

continental climate Continental climates often have a significant annual variation in temperature (warm summers and cold winters). They tend to occur in the middle latitudes (40 to 55 north), within large landmasses where prevailing winds blow overland bringing som ...

Population

References

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