Kırkdirek () is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Savur, Mardin Province in Turkey.Mahalle , Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023. The village is populated by Kurds of the Surgucu tribe and had a population of 289 in 2021.
History Kirdilek (today called Kırkdirek) was historically inhabited by Syriac Orthodox Christians. There were also some Catholics. There were ten Armenian families at Kirdilek when it was visited by Reverend George Percy Badger in 1850. It was populated by 100 Syriacs in 1914, according to the list presented to the Paris Peace Conference by the Assyro-Chaldean delegation.
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