Darköprü () is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Silvan, Diyarbakır Province in Turkey.Mahalle , Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023. It is populated by Kurds and had a population of 236 in 2022.
History Aslo (today called Darköprü) was historically inhabited by Syriac Orthodox Christians and Kurdish-speaking Armenians. In 1880, there were 38 Armenian hearths. There was a church of Surb Daniel. In 1914, it was populated by 200 Syriacs, according to the list presented to the Paris Peace Conference by the Assyro-Chaldean delegation. The Armenians were killed by the Belek, Bekran, Şegro, and other Kurdish tribes in May 1915 amidst the Armenian genocide.
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