Dağiçi (; ) is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Nusaybin, Mardin Province in Turkey.Mahalle , Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023. The village is populated by Syriacs and had a population of 34 in 2021. It is located atop Mount Izla.
History In the Syriac Orthodox patriarchal register of dues of 1870, it was recorded that Xarābe Mişkâ (today called Dağiçi) had 7 households, who paid 4 dues, and it did not have a priest. There was a church of Yūldaṯ Alohō. In 1914, it was inhabited by 200 Syriacs, according to the list presented to the Paris Peace Conference by the Assyro-Chaldean delegation. They belonged to the Syriac Orthodox Church. Amidst the Sayfo, the villagers took refuge at the Mor Malke Monastery. The village had a population of 345 in 1960. There were 394 Turoyo-speaking Christians in 58 families in 1966. A graveyard for PKK militants was constructed in 1997.
Demography The following is a list of the number of Syriac families that have inhabited Xarābe Mişkâ per year stated. Unless otherwise stated, all figures are from the list provided in The Syrian Orthodox Christians in the Late Ottoman Period and Beyond: Crisis then Revival, as noted in the bibliography below.
1915: 10/20 1966: 58 1978: 40 1979: 36 1987: 10
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