Düzgeçit, Midyat
Village in Mardin Province, Turkey
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History
The history of the village traces back to ancient Assyria, when Ashurnasirpal II penetrated the Tur Abdin region (Kashiari) and ordered the destruction of the nearby city.[4] His army would march east to Mardin, most likely through Zernoka.
The village also traces its history through the development of Syriac Christianity and the Syriac Orthodox Church. The village was home to a Syriac Orthodox monastery called the monastery of Saint Aho, who is purported to have been the monastery's and larger village's founder.[5][6]
Zernoka is located in the region of Tur Abdin that was traditionally inhabited by the Mhallami, an Arabic-speaking tribal ethnic group whose origins haven't explicitly been confirmed.[7]