Ormancık
Neighbourhood
Ormancık is located in Turkey
Ormancık
Ormancık
Location in Turkey
Coordinates: 37°35′59″N 41°5′26″E / 37.59972°N 41.09056°E / 37.59972; 41.09056
CountryTurkey
ProvinceMardin
DistrictSavur
Population
 (2021)[1]
31
Time zoneTRT (UTC+3)

Ormancık (Kurdish: Askêla) is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Savur, Mardin Province of Turkey.[2] The village is populated by Kurds of the Dereverî tribe and had a population of 31 in 2021.[1][3]

History

On 21 January 1994 it was reportedly attacked with grenades by the PKK. Nineteen people, composed of nine women, six children and four village guards - were killed in what Human Rights Watch described as a "massacre."[4] There is speculation that the event was a chemical attack.[5][6]

References

  1. 1 2 "31 ARALIK 2021 TARİHLİ ADRESE DAYALI NÜFUS KAYIT SİSTEMİ (ADNKS) SONUÇLARI" (XLS). TÜİK (in Turkish). Retrieved 16 December 2022.
  2. ↑ Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  3. ↑ Tan, Altan (2018). Turabidin'den Berriye'ye. Aşiretler - Dinler - Diller - Kültürler (in Turkish). p. 277. ISBN 9789944360944.
  4. ↑ "Human Rights Watch: Ocalan Trial Monitor". www.hrw.org. Retrieved 2022-04-24.
  5. ↑ "Worst terrorist strikes--worldwide". www.johnstonsarchive.net. Retrieved 2022-04-24.
  6. ↑ https://www.nonproliferation.org/wp-content/uploads/npr/cam71.pdf James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies


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