Gömmetaş, Bağlar

Sirmi (today called Gömmetaş) was historically inhabited by Armenians and Syriac Orthodox Christians.^[3] It was located in the Diyarbakır central district (merkez kaza) in the Diyarbakır sanjak in the Diyarbekir vilayet in c. 1900.^[3] In 1914, it was inhabited by 300 Syriacs, according to the list presented to the Paris Peace Conference by the Assyro-Chaldean delegation.^[4] Amidst the Sayfo, on 3 May 1915, all of the men from the village were killed by men led by Shakir Bey and Ömer of the Rama tribe.^[5] Some of the women and children were captured by the Kurds whilst others managed to get to safety at Diyarbakır.^[5]

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