Onbaşılar, Silvan
Village in Turkey
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Onbaşılar (Kurdish: Baqûz)[a] is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Silvan, Diyarbakır Province in Turkey.[2] It is populated by Kurds and had a population of 448 in 2022.[3][4]
Onbaşılar | |
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  Onbaşılar Location in Turkey | |
| Coordinates: 38°14′01″N 40°58′26″E | |
| Country | Turkey |
| Province | Diyarbakır |
| District | Silvan |
| Population (2022) | 448 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (TRT) |
History
Baqûz (today called Onbaşılar) was historically inhabited by Syriac Orthodox Christians and Kurdish-speaking Armenians.[5] In the village, there is a late medieval or Ottoman bridge.[6] There were three Armenian hearths in 1880.[7] In 1914, there were 680 Syriacs at Baqûz, according to the list presented to the Paris Peace Conference by the Assyro-Chaldean delegation.[8] The Armenians were killed by the Belek, Bekran, Şegro, and other Kurdish tribes in May 1915 amidst the Armenian genocide.[9]
