Dargeçit
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 Dargeçit
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| Country |  Turkey |
| Province | Mardin |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Zeynep Sipçik (BDP) |
| • Kaymakam | Adem Ünal |
| Area[1] | |
| • District | 538.94 km2 (208.09 sq mi) |
| Population (2012)[2] | |
| • Urban | 17,329 |
| • District | 30,253 |
| • District density | 56/km2 (150/sq mi) |
| Post code | 47750 |
| Website | www.dargecit.bel.tr |
Dargeçit (Syriac: ܟܪܒܘܪܢ Kerburan, Kurdish:Kerboran) is a district of the Mardin Province of Turkey, traditionally an Assyrian/Syriac town. It had approximately 300 families in 1900. Prior to the Assyrian and Armenian Genocides this city was inhabited by Assyrians/Syriacs, Kurds and Armenians. Before 1979, regardless of the genocide, it was still inhabited by Assyrians, but most of the Assyrian/Syriac people fled/left the city after the murder of Andreas Demir Lahdik, the Mayor of Kerburan at the time.[citation needed] The government then changed the name of the city to Dargeçit by force. After the exodus, the town was populated with a near complete Kurdish majority, with a tiny amount of Assyrians staying.
There is the Syriac Orthodox Church of Mor Kuriyakos, which is now restored thanks to the Assyrian/Syriac diaspora. There are also two other churches, one Protestant and the other Catholic. They are both abandoned.[citation needed]
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