Tepecik, Beşiri
Village in Batman Province, Turkey
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Tepecik (Syriac: ʿAyn Karmū)[2] is a village in the Beşiri District of Batman Province in Turkey.[3] The village had a population of 143 in 2021.[1]
History
ʿAyn Karmū (today called Tepecik) was historically inhabited by Syriac Orthodox Christians.[2] In the Syriac Orthodox patriarchal register of dues of 1870, it was recorded that the village had 5 households, who paid 47 dues, and was served by one priest, but did not have a church.[2]