Pınarbaşı (; ) is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Bismil, Diyarbakır Province in Turkey. The village is populated by Kurds of the Barava tribe and had a population of 218 in 2022.
History Maṭarī (today called Pınarbaşı) was historically inhabited by Syriac Orthodox Christians. In the Syriac Orthodox patriarchal register of dues of 1870, it was recorded that the village had eight households, who paid twenty-six dues, and was served by one priest. There was a church of Yūldaṯ Alohō. It was located in the district of al-Bahramakiyyah. There were 150 Syriacs in 1914, according to the list presented to the Paris Peace Conference by the Assyro-Chaldean delegation.
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