Doluçanak, Silvan
mahalle (administrative quarter) in Silvan, Diyarbakır, southeastern Turkey
Doluçanak (Kurdish: Gulemîra) is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Silvan, Diyarbakır Province, in Turkey. It is populated by Kurds and had a population of 547 in 2022.
History
Gulemîra (today called Doluçanak) was historically inhabited by Syriac Orthodox Christians and Kurdish-speaking Armenians. In 1880, there were 11 Armenian hearths. There was an Armenian church of Surb Nshan. In 1914, it was populated by 200 Syriacs, according to the list presented to the Paris Peace Conference by the Assyro-Chaldean delegation. The Armenians were killed by the Belek, Bekran, Şegro, and other Kurdish tribes in May 1915 amidst the Armenian genocide.
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