Düzgeçit, also known by its Syriac name Zernoka () is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Midyat, Mardin Province in Turkey. The village is populated by the Mhallami and had a population of 88 in 2021.
History The history of the village traces back to ancient Assyria, when Ashurnasirpal II penetrated the Tur Abdin region (Kashiari) and ordered the destruction of the nearby city. His army would march east to Mardin, most likely through Zernoka.
The village also traces its history through the development of Syriac Christianity and the Syriac Orthodox Church. The village was home to a Syriac Orthodox monastery called the monastery of Saint Aho, who is purported to have been the monastery's and larger village's founder.Pontificii Instituti Orientalium Studiorum. *Orientalia Christiana Periodica*, Vol. IV, 1938. Commentarii de Re Orientali Aetatis Christianae, Sacra et Profana. Pont. Institutum Orientalium Studiorum, Piazza Santa Maria Maggiore, 7, Roma 128, 1938.
Zernoka is located in the region of Tur Abdin that was traditionally inhabited by the Mhallami, an Arabic-speaking tribal ethnic group whose origins haven't explicitly been confirmed.
Demographics +Population data by year 20078920081192009109201095201140201210420139320149620159520168920179320181152019118202088202188
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