Gercüş

Gercüş (Kurdish: Kercews/Kercoz,[3][4] Syriac: "ܟܦܪ ܓܘ̈ܙܐ" "Kfar Gawze"[5] or "ܟܦܪ ܓܘܣܢ" "Kfar Gawson") is a town and district of Batman Province in Turkey. The mayor is Abdulkerim Kaya (BDP).

Gercüş
Gercüş
Coordinates: 37°33′59″N 41°23′04″E
Country Turkey
ProvinceBatman
Government
 • MayorAbdulkerim Kaya (BDP)
 • KaymakamTarkan Keskin
Area
[1]
 • District826.04 km2 (318.94 sq mi)
Population
 (2012)[2]
 • Urban
4,725
 • District
22,183
 • District density27/km2 (70/sq mi)
Websitewww.gercus.bel.tr

The town of Gercus is said to be built by a wealthy Roman soldier named "Gawson" who named the village after him.[6]

History

The town was formerly populated by Assyrians but mainly Kurds from the Kercoz tribe live in the town today.[7]

References
  1. "Area of regions (including lakes), km²". Regional Statistics Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. 2002. Retrieved 2013-03-05.
  2. "Population of province/district centers and towns/villages by districts - 2012". Address Based Population Registration System (ABPRS) Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. Retrieved 2013-02-27.
  3. Adem Avcıkıran (2009). Kürtçe Anamnez Anamneza bi Kurmancî (PDF) (in Turkish and Kurdish). p. 56. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  4. Tan, Altan (2011). Turabidin'den Berriye'ye & Aşiretler (in Turkish). Nubihar. p. 110.
  5. Talmon, Daniella (1996). Material Evidence and Narrative Sources: Interdisciplinary Studies of the History of the Muslim Middle East. p. 81. ISBN 978-90-04-27159-3.
  6. N.Palmer, Andrew (1990). Monk and Mason on the Tigris Frontier: The Early History of Tur `Abdin. Press syndicate of Cambridge university. p. 54. ISBN 9780521360265.
  7. Tan, Altan (2011). Turabidin'den Berriye'ye & Aşiretler (in Turkish). Nubihar. p. 172.
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