Görümlü, Silopi
Town in Şırnak Province, Turkey
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Görümlü (Kurdish: Bêspin,[2] Syriac: Bespīn)[3][nb 1] is a municipality (belde) in the Silopi District of Şırnak Province in Turkey.[5] It is populated by Kurds of the Girkê Emo tribe and had a population of 5,187 in 2023.[1][2]
The neighbourhoods of Görümlü are Boğaz, Yeni Mahalle and Yolağızı.[5]
History
Bespīn (today called Görümlü) was historically inhabited by Chaldean Catholic Assyrians.[6] According to the list presented to the Paris Peace Conference by the Assyro-Chaldean delegation, the village was inhabited by 200 Assyrians in 1914.[7] A church that had been built just prior to the First World War was confiscated in 1915 as it was too close to a Muslim cemetery.[8] Amidst the Sayfo, Bespīn was destroyed by Bohtan Kurds.[9] After 1980, 500 of the 544 Assyrians at Bespīn were forced to emigrate and abandon their property due to the Kurdish–Turkish conflict.[10]
Population
Population history from 2007 to 2023:[1]
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 3,113 | — |
| 2010 | 3,290 | +5.7% |
| 2015 | 4,149 | +26.1% |
| 2020 | 4,986 | +20.2% |
| 2023 | 5,187 | +4.0% |