Söğütlü, Nusaybin

Grebya (today called Söğütlü) was historically inhabited by Syriac Orthodox Christians.^[6] In the Syriac Orthodox patriarchal register of dues of 1870, it was recorded that the village had 12 households, who paid 63 dues, and did not have a church or a priest.^[7] In 1914, it was populated by 300 Syriacs, according to the list presented to the Paris Peace Conference by the Assyro-Chaldean delegation.^[8] There were 10 Syriac families in 1915.^[9] Amidst the Sayfo, the Syriacs were escorted to safety at Hebob by Agha Hassan of Grebya.^[2] The village had around 30 Turoyo-speaking Christian families in 1968.^[10] Kurdish was also spoken by some in the village.^[10] By 1987, there were no remaining Syriacs.^[9]

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