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İdil
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İdil (, or Beth Zabday, , ) is a city and seat of the İdil District of the Şırnak Province in Turkey. It is located in the historical region of Tur Abdin. The town had a population of 30,271 in 2021 and is composed of Kurds of the Domanan, Dorikan, Harunan, Meman and Omerkan tribes. The town was once home to a large number of Assyrians/Syriacs, however, only a few families remain today.
Key facts
- Turkey place.type
- Municipality
- Turkey place.name
- İdil
- Turkey place.image_map
- Idil 1290994.jpg
- Turkey place.province
- Şırnak
- Turkey place.district
- İdil
- Turkey place.population_total
- 30271
- Turkey place.population_as_of
- 2021
- Turkey place.leader_party
- Independent
- Turkey place.leader_name
- Türkan Kayır
- Turkey place.leader_title
- Mayor
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İdil (, or Beth Zabday, , ) is a city and seat of the İdil District of the Şırnak Province in Turkey. It is located in the historical region of Tur Abdin. The town had a population of 30,271 in 2021 and is composed of Kurds of the Domanan, Dorikan, Harunan, Meman and Omerkan tribes. The town was once home to a large number of Assyrians/Syriacs, however, only a few families remain today.
In the city, there is a Syriac Orthodox Church of the Mother of God (, ).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “İdil” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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