Dağiçi, Nusaybin
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Dağiçi | |
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 Syriac Orthodox church in the village | |
  Dağiçi Location in Turkey | |
| Coordinates: 37°12′25″N 41°23′53″E / 37.207°N 41.398°E | |
| Country | Turkey |
| Province | Mardin |
| District | Nusaybin |
| Population (2021)[1] | 34 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (TRT) |
Dağiçi (Kurdish: Harabmişki, lit. 'rat ruins';[2][a] Syriac: Xarābe Mişkâ)[2][b] is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Nusaybin, Mardin Province in Turkey.[5] The village is populated by Syriacs and had a population of 34 in 2021.[1][6] It is located atop Mount Izla.[7]
In the Syriac Orthodox patriarchal register of dues of 1870, it was recorded that Xarābe Mişkâ (today called Dağiçi) had 7 households, who paid 4 dues, and it did not have a priest.[8] There was a church of Yūldaṯ Alohō.[8] In 1914, it was inhabited by 200 Syriacs, according to the list presented to the Paris Peace Conference by the Assyro-Chaldean delegation.[9] They belonged to the Syriac Orthodox Church.[10] Amidst the Sayfo, the villagers took refuge at the Mor Malke Monastery.[11] The village had a population of 345 in 1960.[2] There were 394 Turoyo-speaking Christians in 58 families in 1966.[2] A graveyard for PKK militants was constructed in 1997.[12]