Ormankaya, Hazro
Village in Turkey
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Ormankaya (Kurdish: Şimşim; Syriac: Šemšem)[1][a] is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Hazro, Diyarbakır Province in Turkey.[3][4] It is populated by Kurds and had a population of 870 in 2022.[5][6] It is located atop the Mountain of Takh.[7]
Ormankaya | |
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  Ormankaya Location within Turkey | |
| Coordinates: 38°18′N 40°46′E | |
| Country | Turkey |
| Province | Diyarbakır |
| District | Hazro |
| Population (2022) | 870 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (TRT) |
History
Šemšem (today called Ormankaya) was historically inhabited by Syriac Orthodox Christians and Armenians.[8] The village belonged to the Syriac Orthodox diocese of Hattack.[9] In the Syriac Orthodox patriarchal register of dues of 1870, it was recorded that the village had 84 households, who paid 128 dues, and it did not have a priest.[1] There were Syriac Orthodox churches of Morī Agrīpūs and Mortī Šmūnī.[1] In 1880, there were 44 Armenian hearths.[10] There was an Armenian church of Surb Hovhannes.[10] In 1914, it was populated by 800 Syriacs, according to the list presented to the Paris Peace Conference by the Assyro-Chaldean delegation.[11] It was located in the kaza of Lice.[11] The village's population was massacred before mid-July 1915 amidst the Sayfo by gangs of çetes.[12]
