Beyyurdu, Şemdinli
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Beyyurdu | |
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  Beyyurdu Location in Turkey | |
| Coordinates: 37°19′16″N 44°13′44″E / 37.321°N 44.229°E | |
| Country | Turkey |
| Province | Hakkâri |
| District | Şemdinli |
| Population (2023)[1] | 365 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (TRT) |
Beyyurdu (Kurdish: Bêdevê;[2] Syriac: Beṯ Daiwe)[3][a] is a village in the Şemdinli District in Hakkâri Province in Turkey.[5] The village is populated by Kurds of the Herkî tribe and had a population of 365 in 2023.[1][6]
Beṯ Daiwe (today called Beyyurdu) was inhabited by 24 Church of the East Christian families in 1877 when visited by Edward Lewes Cutts and was served by one functioning church as part of the archdiocese of Shemsdin.[3] There was a church of Mar Cyriacus and John the Baptist.[7] It was destroyed by the Ottoman Army in 1915 amidst the Sayfo.[8]
The village was evacuated in the 1990s during the Kurdish–Turkish conflict.[9]