Gercüş
Municipality
Coordinates: 37°33′59″N 41°23′04″E / 37.56639°N 41.38444°E / 37.56639; 41.38444
CountryTurkey
Government
 • MayorGündüz Günaydın (AKP)
Population
 (2021)[1]
6,064
Time zoneTRT (UTC+3)
Websitewww.gercus.bel.tr

Gercüş (Kurdish: Kercews/Kercoz,[2][3] Classical Syriac: ܟܦܪ ܓܘ̈ܙܐ, romanized: Kfar Gawze"[4]), formerly known as Kerçüş, is a town and seat of the Gercüş District of Batman Province in Turkey. The mayor is Gündüz Günaydın (AKP), elected in 2019.[5]

The population was 6,064 in 2021.[1]

Neighborhoods

The town is divided into the neighborhoods of Bağlarbaşı, Çukurçeşme, Pınarbaşı and Yolağzı.[6]

History

The town of Gercus is said to be built by a wealthy Roman soldier named "Gawson" who named the village after him.[7] The town was formerly populated by Assyrians but mainly Kurds from the Kercoz tribe live in the town today.[8]

Notable people

References

  1. 1 2 "31 ARALIK 2021 TARİHLİ ADRESE DAYALI NÜFUS KAYIT SİSTEMİ (ADNKS) SONUÇLARI" (XLS). TÜİK (in Turkish). Retrieved 16 December 2022.
  2. ↑ Adem, Avcıkıran (2009). Kürtçe Anamnez Anamneza bi Kurmancî (in Turkish and Kurdish). p. 56.
  3. ↑ Tan, Altan (2011). Turabidin'den Berriye'ye & Aşiretler (in Turkish). Nûbihar. p. 110.
  4. ↑ Talmon, Daniella (1996). Material Evidence and Narrative Sources: Interdisciplinary Studies of the History of the Muslim Middle East. p. 81. ISBN 978-90-04-27159-3.
  5. ↑ "Gercüş Belediye Başkanı Gündüz Günaydın mazbatasını aldı". gercushaber.com (in Turkish). 15 April 2019.
  6. ↑ "Türkiye Mülki İdare Bölümleri Envanteri". T.C. İçişleri Bakanlığı (in Turkish). Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  7. ↑ N.Palmer, Andrew (1990). Monk and Mason on the Tigris Frontier: The Early History of Tur 'Abdin. Press syndicate of Cambridge university. p. 54. ISBN 9780521360265.
  8. ↑ Tan, Altan (2011). Turabidin'den Berriye'ye & Aşiretler (in Turkish). Nûbihar. p. 172.


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