The following is a list of current Assyrian

Assyrian people

The Assyrian people are a distinct ethnic group whose origins lie in ancient Mesopotamia...

 towns and villages. It is worth mentioning that a good amount of Assyrians in the Middle East live in cities and not rural areas because of events during the 20th century (see Assyrian genocide

Assyrian genocide

The Assyrian Genocide refers to the mass slaughter of the Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac population of the Ottoman Empire during the 1890s, the First World War, and the period of 1922-1925...

.) These cities include Arbil

Arbil

Arbil / Hewlêr is the fourth largest city in Iraq after Baghdad, Basra and Mosul...

, Dohuk, Mosul

Mosul

Mosul , is a city in northern Iraq and the capital of the Ninawa Governorate, some northwest of Baghdad. The original city stands on the west bank of the Tigris River, opposite the ancient Assyrian city of Nineveh on the east bank, but the metropolitan area has now grown to encompass substantial...

, Baghdad

Baghdad

Baghdad is the capital of Iraq, as well as the coterminous Baghdad Governorate. The population of Baghdad in 2011 is approximately 7,216,040...

, Kirkuk

Kirkuk

Kirkuk is a city in Iraq and the capital of Kirkuk Governorate.It is located in the Iraqi governorate of Kirkuk, north of the capital, Baghdad...

, Basra

Basra

Basra is the capital of Basra Governorate, in southern Iraq near Kuwait and Iran. It had an estimated population of two million as of 2009...

, Tehran

Tehran

Tehran , sometimes spelled Teheran, is the capital of Iran and Tehran Province. With an estimated population of 8,429,807; it is also Iran's largest urban area and city, one of the largest cities in Western Asia, and is the world's 19th largest city.In the 20th century, Tehran was subject to...

, Urmia

Urmia

- Demographics :According to official census of 2006, the population of Urmia is about 871,204.- Language :The population of Urmia is mainly Azerbaijani people, with Kurdish, Assyrian Christian, and Armenian minorities...

, Aleppo

Aleppo

Aleppo is the largest city in Syria and the capital of Aleppo Governorate, the most populous Syrian governorate. With an official population of 2,301,570 , expanding to over 2.5 million in the metropolitan area, it is also one of the largest cities in the Levant...

, Damascus

Damascus

Damascus , commonly known in Syria as Al Sham , and as the City of Jasmine , is the capital and the second largest city of Syria after Aleppo, both are part of the country's 14 governorates. In addition to being one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world, Damascus is a major...

, Homs

Homs

Homs , previously known as Emesa , is a city in western Syria and the capital of the Homs Governorate. It is above sea level and is located north of Damascus...

 and Istanbul

Istanbul

Istanbul , historically known as Byzantium and Constantinople , is the largest city of Turkey. Istanbul metropolitan province had 13.26 million people living in it as of December, 2010, which is 18% of Turkey's population and the 3rd largest metropolitan area in Europe after London and...

. Inhabitants of these villages and towns are Assyrian people who speak Aramaic and follow primarily the Assyrian Church of the East

Assyrian Church of the East

The Assyrian Church of the East, officially the Holy Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East ʻIttā Qaddishtā w-Shlikhāitā Qattoliqi d-Madnĕkhā d-Āturāyē), is a Syriac Church historically centered in Mesopotamia. It is one of the churches that claim continuity with the historical...

, Chaldean Catholic Church

Chaldean Catholic Church

The Chaldean Catholic Church , is an Eastern Syriac particular church of the Catholic Church, maintaining full communion with the Bishop of Rome and the rest of the Catholic Church...

, Syriac Orthodox Church

Syriac Orthodox Church

The Syriac Orthodox Church; is an autocephalous Oriental Orthodox church based in the Eastern Mediterranean, with members spread throughout the world. The Syriac Orthodox Church claims to derive its origin from one of the first Christian communities, established in Antioch by the Apostle St....

, Syriac Catholic Church

Syriac Catholic Church

The Syriac Catholic Church is a Christian church in the Levant having practices and rites in common with the Syriac Orthodox Church. They are one of the Eastern Catholic Churches following the Antiochene rite, the Syriac tradition of Antioch, along with the Maronites and Syro-Malankara Christians...

 and Ancient Church of the East

Ancient Church of the East

The Ancient Church of the East was established in 1968. It follows the traditions of one of the oldest Christian churches, the Church of the East, whose origins trace back to the See of Seleucia-Ctesiphon in central Mesopotamia...

. Most are in northern Iraq

Iraq

Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....

, northwestern Iran

Iran

Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...

, southeastern Turkey

Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...

 and northeastern Syria

Syria

Syria , officially the Syrian Arab Republic , is a country in Western Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the West, Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east, Jordan to the south, and Israel to the southwest....

, a region in and around the traditional and historic Assyrian homeland.

Currently, there are a number of villages in northern Iraq that are emptied. This is mostly due to the Al-Anfal Campaign

Al-Anfal Campaign

The al-Anfal Campaign , also known as Operation Anfal or simply Anfal, was a genocidal campaign against the Kurdish people in Northern Iraq, led by the Iraqi regime of Saddam Hussein and headed by Ali Hassan al-Majid in the final stages of Iran-Iraq War...

 of the 1980s.

Arbil Province

Settlement	Aramaic Assyrian Neo-Aramaic Assyrian Neo-Aramaic is a Neo-Aramaic dialect, spoken by an estimated 220,000 people , formerly in the area between Lake Urmia, north-western Iran, and Siirt, south-eastern Turkey, but now more widely throughout the...	Note(s)
Ankawa Ankawa Ankawa , is an Iraqi Christian town of about 30,000 people, in practice a suburb of Arbil, Erbil Governorate in Iraqi Kurdistan, northern Iraq...	ܥܢܟܒܐ
Armota Armota Armota is an Assyrian village that is outside the town of Koy Sinjaq in the Iraqi governorate of Arbil. It is a two-hour drive from Sulaimaniyah. The name Armota comes from the Syriac language, "Ar" meaning "land" and "mota" meaning "death"; hence "the land of death"...	ܐܪܡܘܬܐ
Batas	ܒܬܣ
Darbandokeh Darbandokeh Darbandokeh, , is an Assyrian village located in the sub-district of Harir and in the district of Shaqlawa. It was previously inhabited by both Kurds and Assyrians. The Assyrians of Darbandokeh came right after the Assyrian genocide that took place within the Ottoman Empire. They came from the...	ܕܪܒܢܕܘܟ
Diyana	ܕܝܢܐ
Harir Harir Harir is an Assyrian village and a sub-district located in the district of Shaqlawa, Iraq. Today, many homes are being built for Assyrians, by Sarkis Aghajan Mamendo, who are willing to move back to the villages. Both the village and the sub-district of Harir were established by displaced Assyrian...	ܗܪܝܪ
Hawdiyan
Hinari
Rowanduz Rowanduz The town Rawandiz is a city of Iraq, which located in the sub-district of Soran, in the Arbil Governorate of Iraqi Kurdistan, close to the Iranian border.The population in 2003 was 95,089...	ܪܘܢܕܣ
Seerishmi	ܣܝܪܫܡܝ
Shaqlawa Shaqlawa Shaqlawa is an Assyrian city in the Arbil Governorate in Iraq.Shaqlawa, a town of approximately 25,000 people, lies 51 km to the northeast of Erbil, at the bottom of Safeen Mountain, and to the northeast of Erbil. Shaqlawa is situated between Safeen Mountain and Sork Mountain, and sits 966 m...	ܫܩܠܒܐ
Qalata	ܩܠܬܐ

Dohuk Province

Dohuk District

Dohuk District

Duhok District is one of four district that make up the Duhok Governorate in the Iraqi Kurdistan region.The district has three sub-districts:*Dohuk*Zawita*Duski...

• Babelo
• Bagerat
• Dohuk / Nohadra ܢܘܗܕܪܐ
• Gondekosa
• Korygavana

Semel District

Semel District

Simel District is one of four district that make up the Duhok Governorate in the Iraqi Kurdistan region.The district has three sub-districts:*Simel*Batel*Fayda...

• Upper Avzrog
  Avzrog
  Avzrog is a village in the Iraqi province of Dohuk. The village is split into two areas: one populated by Armenians and the other by Assyrians.- Etymology :The name of the village comes from the Kurdish language; av means water and zrog - yellow....
  
  
• Bajed Berav
• Bajed Kindal
• Bakhitma
• Bakhloja
• Jambor
• Semele
• Sheze
• Shkafte
• Surka

Emptied villages

• Badaliya
• Der Jondi
• Hejirke
• Mar Yako
• Mawana

Zakho District

Zakho District

Zakho District is one of four district that make up the Dohuk Governorate in the Iraqi Kurdistan region.The district has three sub-districts:*Shirnakhi*Rekani*Sindi*Rizgari*Guli...

• Berseve
• Dashtatakh
• Der Abon
• Levo ليفو
• Marga
• Margasor
• Navkandala
• Piraka
• Pish Khabour
• Zakho
  Zakho
  Zakho is a district and a town in Northern Iraq located a few kilometers from the Iraqi-Turkish border.Zakho is a province of the Dohuk Governorate. The city has 200,000 inhabitants. It may have originally begun on a small island in the Little Khabur which currently flows through the city...
  
  

Emptied villages

• Alanesh
• Bahnona
• Benekhre
• Bhere
• Der Hozan
• Derashish
• Istablan
• Malla Arap (currently illegally occupied by Kurds)
• Margashish
• Qarawla (currently illegally occupied by Kurds)
• Sanat
• Sharanesh Nassara
• Shwadan
• Steblan
• Umra

Amadiya District

• Amadiya
• Araden
  Araden
  Araden is an Assyrian village in the northern Iraqi governorate of Dohuk. It is located 20-30 kilometers east of the city of Zakho and lies in a valley. The village of Inishk lies within viewing distance from it...
  
  
• Ashawa
• Badarash
  Badarash
  Badarash is an Assyrian village in the Iraqi providence of Dohuk.The village of Badarash is located at a distance of 1.5 kilometres from the centre of Sarsink.Its name is of Kurdish origin which means “The Black Air”...
  
  
• Barwari
  Barwari
  Barwar also known as Barwari and Barwari Bala, is a region situated in northern Dohuk Governorate in Iraq. The region is populated by Kurds although it was once mainly inhabited by Assyrians with a large Jewish minority.-History:...
  
  
• Baz
• Bebadi
  Bebadi
  Bebadi , is an Assyrian Christian village located at the side of the Mateena Mountains overlooking Sapna Valley, in the Iraqi providence of Dohuk. The village is very close to the ancient rocky fortress of Amadia, which was built during the era of Assyrian Empire...
  
  
• Bebalok
• Belijane
• Belmand
• Benatha
• Beth Shmayaye
• Botara
• Chalek
• Chem Rabatke
• Dawodiya
  Dawodiya
  Dawodiya is an Assyrian village close to the Sapna valley in the Iraqi province of Dohuk. Gara Mount bounds the Sapna valley to south and Matean Mount to the north...
  
  
• Dehi
  Dehi, Iraq
  Dehi is an Assyrian Christian village located at the western end of Mateena Mountains and in the valley that separates Sapna and Barwali Bala districts, in the Dohuk Governorate of Iraq...
  
  
• Dere
• Derishke
• Dore
• Enishke
• Eqri
• Eyat
• Halwa
• Hamziya
• Hayes
• Hezany
  Hezany
  Hezany is an Assyrian village in the Iraqi providence of Dohuk.Hezany is one of the seven remaining Assyrian villages in the Nahla valley, which is located on the border between Duhok and Nineveh. The small Khabour river crosses through Nahla and waters the lands of these Assyrian...
  
  
• Jadide
• Jole
• Kani Balavi
• Khalilane
• Khwara
• Komany
• Magrebiya
• Malakhta
• Margajiya
• Maye
• Meristek
• Meroge
• Meze
• Mosaka
• Sardarawa
• Sardashte
• Sarsing
  Sarsing
  Sarsing or Sarsink is an Assyrian village in the Iraqi providence of Dohuk.The name "Sarsing" derives from the Kurdish for "above or upon chest". The name came from the location of the village, which is the highest...
  
  
• Sikrine
• Tashish
• Tin
• Tothe Shemaye

Emptied villages

• Argen
• Atosh
• Barzanke
• Bashu
• Beqolke
• Bobawa
• Cham Eshrat
• Cham Siny (currently illegally occpied by Kurds)
• Chamike
• Chaqala
• Chem Chale
• Dergne
• Dohoke
• Essan
• Estep
• Hawarke
• Hawentka
• Hish
• Mahode
• Maydan
• Nerwa
• Qaro
• Sedar
• Tashike
• Wela

Akre District

• Akre
  Åkre
  Åkre may refer to the following locations:*Åkre, Hedmark in Rendalen municipality, Hedmark, Norway*Åkre, Telemark in Drangedal municipality, Telemark, Norway*Åkrehamn in Karmøy municipality, Rogaland, Norway-See also:*Åker...
  
  
• Nohawa

Emptied villages

• Sharman (currently illegally occupied by Kurds)
• Shosh (currently illegally occupied by Kurds)

Ninawa Province

• Ain Sifni
• Alqosh
  Alqosh
  Alqōsh or Alqūsh is one of the most famous Assyrian towns of the mainly East Syrian rite in Iraq. It is located north of Mosul. The name Alqosh is derived from an Akkadian name Eil-Kushtu, where "Eil" means God and "Kushtu" means righteousness or power...
  
   ܐܠܩܘܫ
• Bakhdida
  Bakhdida
  Bakhdida , also known as Baghdeda, Qaraqosh, Karakosh or Al-Hamdaniya, is an Assyrian town in the northern Iraq Ninawa Governorate, located about 32 km southeast of the city of Mosul amid agricultural lands, close to the ruins of the ancient Assyrian cities Nimrud and Nineveh. It is connected...
  
   ܒܟܕܝܕܐ
• Balawat
  Balawat
  Balawat is a historical location in Ninawa Governorate, Iraq, southeast from the city of Mosul and to the south of the modern Assyrian town of Bakhdida. It was the site of the ancient Neo-Assyrian city of Imgur-Enlil...
  
  
• Baqofah
  Baqofah
  Baqofa is an Assyrian village in northern Iraq located near Batnaya. Most of its inhabitants are adherents of the Chaldean Catholic Church...
  
   ܒܬܢܝܐ
• Bartella
  Bartella
  Bartella is an Assyrian town located less than 13 miles east of Mosul, Iraq. The name Bartella is of Syriac origin, but its meaning is not fully agreed on by the historians...
  
   ܒܪܬܠܐ
• Batnaya
  Batnaya
  Batnaya is an Assyrian village located 14 miles north of Mosul and around 3 miles north of Tel Keppe.The name Batnaya is of Aramaic origin derived from either "Beth Tnyay" meaning "The House of Mud" or "Beth Tnaya" meaning "The House of Assiduity"....
  
   ܒܬܢܝܐ
• Dashqotan
  Dashqotan
  Dashqotan is a small Assyrian village located in northern Iraq, about 40 kilometers north of Mosul and 15 kilometers east of Alqosh...
  
  
• Karamles
  Karamles
  Karamlish is an ancient Assyrian town in Iraq located less than south east of Mosul, and has been occupied by Assyrians for 5000 years....
  
   ܟܪܡܠܝܣ
• Khorsabad
• Sharafiya
  Sharafiya
  Sharafiya is an Assyrian village located in Northern Iraq. The village is located about 40 Kilometers North of the city of Mosul, and is on the main road that connects Mosul to the largest Assyrian town, Alqosh The village rests on a plateau that is penetrated by small valleys, and is known for...
  
  
• Tel Keppe ܬܠ ܟܐܦܐ
• Tel Esqof
  Tel Skuf
  Tel Isqof is an Assyrian town, with a population of 7,000 most of whose inhabitants are members of the Chaldean Catholic Church...
  
   ܬܠ ܝܣܩܘܦܐ

West Azarbaijan Province

• Abdullachand
• Ada
• Ardishai
• Balanej (Balanush)
• Chamakieh
• Digala
• Dizataka
• Geogtapa
• Golpashan
  Golpashan
  The Assyrian Christian village of Golpashan is located in the Western Azerbaijan province in Iran. It is located on the western shore of Lake Urmia....
  
  
• Iryawa
• Khanishan
• Lolham (Lulpa)
• Mar Nukha
• Mar Sargis
• Margawar
  Margawar
  Margawar, is a sub-district of Silvaneh located in the western part of the Urmia county, Iran. Its inhabitants are Kurds. There are also some Assyrians who belong to the Nochiya Tribe. This sub-district, along with 2 others in modern day Iran, lie in the eastern part of the Nochiya Region. Its...
  
  
• Mawana ܡܥܘܢܐ
• Mushawa
• Qarajalu
• Saatlou
• Salmas
  Salmas
  Salmas is a city in and the capital of Salmas County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 79,560, in 19,806 families....
  
  
• Sangar
• Sarna
• Shirabad
• Sipurghan
• Tergawar
• Yengija
• Zoomalan ܙܘܡܠܢ

Al Hasakah Province

Al Hasakah

Al Hasakah is a governorate in the far north-east corner of Syria that has the Euphrates river running through it. It is distinguished by its fertile lands, plentiful water, picturesque nature, and more than one hundred archaeological sites.- Districts :...

• Abu Tena
• Al Hasakah
  Al Hasakah
  Al Hasakah is a governorate in the far north-east corner of Syria that has the Euphrates river running through it. It is distinguished by its fertile lands, plentiful water, picturesque nature, and more than one hundred archaeological sites.- Districts :...
  
  
• Jazirah
• Kharita
• Qabr Shamya
• Qamishli
  Qamishli
  Qamishli is a city in north eastern Syria on the border with Turkey, adjoining the Turkish city of Nusaybin, and close to Iraq. It is part of the Al-Hasakah Governorate, and is the administrative capital of the Al Qamishli District within the governorate....
  
  
• Sapeh
• Tel Ahmar
• Tel Arboush
• Tel Baloaa
• Tel Baz
• Tel Brej
• Tel Damshesh
• Tel Faitha
• Tel Goran
• Tel Halaf
  Tell Halaf
  Tell Halaf is an archaeological site in the Al Hasakah governorate of northeastern Syria, near the Turkish border, just opposite Ceylanpınar. It was the first find of a Neolithic culture, subsequently dubbed the Halaf culture, characterized by glazed pottery painted with geometric and animal designs...
  
  
• Tel Hipyan
• Tel Hormez
• Tel Jadiya
• Tel Jumaa
• Tel Kepchi
• Tel Meghada
• Tel Mighas
• Tel Misas
• Tel Najma
• Tel Nasri
• Tel Paweda
• Tel Ruman Foqani
• Tel Ruman Tahtani
• Tel Sakra
• Tel Shama
• Tel Shamiram
• Tel Tal
• Tel Talaa
• Tel Tamer
• Tel Tawil
• Tel Wardet
  
• Um Alkeif
• Um Gargen
• Um Waqfa

Homs

Homs

Homs , previously known as Emesa , is a city in western Syria and the capital of the Homs Governorate. It is above sea level and is located north of Damascus...

 

• Fairouzeh
  Fairouzeh
  Fairouzeh is an Assyrian/Syriac village near the city of Homs, Syria. It is located 3 miles Southeast of Homs. Due to the huge expansion of buildings around the original village, Fairouzeh similarly to Zaidal is now considered one of Homs’ suburbs....
  
  
• Ma'loula (part of the Damascus governance)
• Zaidal (some Assyrian families)

Batman Province

Batman Province

Batman Province is a Turkish province southeast of Anatolia. The province's population exceeded 500,000 in 2010.The province is important because of its reserves and production of oil which was started in the 1940s. There is a 494-km long oil pipeline from Batman to the Turkish port of İskenderun....

• Benkelbé, Turkish
  Turkish language
  Turkish is a language spoken as a native language by over 83 million people worldwide, making it the most commonly spoken of the Turkic languages. Its speakers are located predominantly in Turkey and Northern Cyprus with smaller groups in Iraq, Greece, Bulgaria, the Republic of Macedonia, Kosovo,...
  
  : Çukuryurt
• Hesno d'Kifo, ancient Cepha and Kiphas, Turkish: Hasankeyf
  Hasankeyf
  Hasankeyf is an ancient town and district located along the Tigris River in the Batman Province in southeastern Turkey. It was declared a natural conservation area by Turkey in 1981...
  
  
• Kafro ‘Elayto, Turkish: Arıca
• Zercel, Turkish: Danalı

Diyarbakır Province

Diyarbakir Province

Diyarbakır Province is a province in eastern Turkey. The province covers an area of 15,355 km² and the population is 1,528,958. The provincial capital is Diyarbakir...

• Amid, Turkish: Diyarbakır
  Diyarbakır
  Diyarbakır is one of the largest cities in southeastern Turkey...
  
  

Elazığ Province

Elazig Province

Elâzığ Province is a province of Turkey with its seat in the city of Elâzığ. The source of the Euphrates river is located in this province.The province has a population of 552,646 as of 2010...

• Elazig
  Elazig
  Elâzığ is a city in Eastern Anatolia, Turkey and the seat of Elâzığ Province. It has a population of331,479 according to the 2010 census, and the plain on which the city extends has an altitude of 1067 metres....
  
  , Turkish: Elazığ
  Elazig
  Elâzığ is a city in Eastern Anatolia, Turkey and the seat of Elâzığ Province. It has a population of331,479 according to the 2010 census, and the plain on which the city extends has an altitude of 1067 metres....
  
  

Hakkari Province

Hakkari Province

Hakkâri Province is a province in the south east corner of Turkey. The administrative centre is located in the city of Hakkâri . The province covers an area of 7,121 km² and has a population of 251,302 . The province had a population of 236,581 in 2000.The province was created in 1936 out of...

• Alsan
• Anhar
• Asheetha
• Banimatu
• Bashirga
• Baz ܒܙ
• Bet Diwe
• Binyamata
• Biraul
• Byalta
• Darawa
• Dariyan
• De Rayi
• Deri Bend
• Diza
• Ein D’Kandil
• Gagawran
• Gawar ܓܒܼܪ
• Halana
  Halana
  Halana is the former name of a Assyrian village located within the district of Shamezdin, in the Hakkâri Province in the extreme south-east of Turkey....
  
  
• Jilu
  Jilu
  Jīlū was a district located in Hakkari region of upper Mesopotamia.Before 1915 Jīlū was home to Christian Assyrians, as well as a minority of Kurds. There were 20 Assyrian villages in this district. The area was traditionally divided into Greater and Lesser Jīlū, and Ishtāzin - each with its own...
  
   ܓܝܠܘ
• Karmil
• Kelaita
• Kirdiwar
• Kirzallan
• Lakina
• Lewin
• Lizen
• Mannunan
• Mar Isho
• Merdi
• Minianish
• Nahra
• Neri
• Nochiya
• Qochanis
  Qochanis
  Qodchanis was the capital of Hakkari and the seat of the Assyrian bishops before 1915.Its ruins are currently north of Hakkâri Province, near the borders of Iran and Iraq, and about 20 km north-east of the provincial capital Hakkâri, in the southeastern of modern Turkey.The town was inhabited by...
  
   ܩܘܟܢܣ
• Romta
• Sara & Timar
• Shabatan
• Shwawoota
• Sulbag
• Tal
• Tis
• Tkhuma ܬܚܘܡܐ
• (Lower/Upper) Tyari
  Tyari
  Ţyāré is an Assyrian tribe of ancient origins, and a historical district within Hakkari. The area was traditionally divided into Upper and Lower Ţyāré - each consisting of several Assyrian villages. Before 1915, Ţyāré was home to Christian Assyrians from the Ţyāré tribe as well as a minority of...
  
  
• Youmara (Youmaran)
• Zaranak
• Zawita
  Zawita
  Zawita , is an Iraqi village in the Dohuk Governorate.The name of the village is thought to come from Syriac ܙܘܝܬܐ meaning "corner".The village is inhabited mainly by Kurds although it was home to Assyrians prior to the Simele massacre....
  
  

Mardin Province

Mardin Province

Mardin Province is a province of Turkey with a population of 744,606. The population was 835,173 in 2000. The capital of the Mardin Province is Mardin...

• Ahlah, Turkish: Narlı
• Anhel
  Anhel
  Anhel is a Syriac village located in a high plateau region called Tur Abdin in Turkey. It is situated 14 km south to Midyat.Its residents consist of Kurds, Mhalmites and a few Syriac people.- External links :*...
  
  , Turkish: Yemişli
• Arbayé, Turkish: Alayurt
• Arbo
  Arbo, Mardin
  Arbo is a Syriac village located in a high plateau region called Tur Abdin in Turkey.It is situated about 30 km south to Midyat and 6 km to Mor Gabriel Monastery....
  
  , Turkish: Taşköy
• Arnas, Turkish: Bağlarbaşı
• Badibé / Beth Débé, Turkish: Dibek
• Beth Man’am, Turkish: Bahminir
• Beth Qustan / Békusyoné, Turkish: Alagöz
• Birguriya, Turkish: Birigirya
• Bnebil, Turkish: Benabil
• Boté, Turkish: Bardakçı
• Chtrako
• Dara, Turkish: Oğuz
• Dayro du Slibo, Turkish: Çatalçam
• Derelya
• Deyrkubé
  Deyrkubé
  Karagöl is an Assyrian/Syriac village in the Alagöz district of Mardin Province, Turkey. It is located 10 kilometers east of district center. The village is populated by ethnic Assyrian/Syriac, Aramaic speaking Christians....
  
  , Turkish: Karagöl
• Ehwo, Turkish: Güzelsu
• Gremira, Turkish: Girmeli
• Gundeké di‘Ito
• Habsus, Turkish: Mercimekli
• Hah, Turkish: Anıtlı
• Harabale / Arkah, Turkish: Üçköy
• Harabémechka, Turkish: Dağiçi
• Iwardo
  Iwardo
  Inwardo or Gülgöze – is an Assyrian/Syriac village that lies very high, east of the city Midyat, in the Mardin Province of Turkey, and can be reached from Midyat on foot in 2 hours...
  
  , Turkish: Gülgöze
• Kafro Tahtayto, Turkish: Elbeğendi
• Kanak, Turkish: Kaynak
• Karboran, Turkish: Dargeçit
  Dargeçit
  Dargeçit is a district of the Mardin Province of Turkey, traditionally an Assyrian/Syriac town. It had approximately 300 families in 1900. After the "Seyfo" in 1916, many were killed. It was inhabited by the Assyrians/Syriacs, Kurds and Armenians...
  
  
• Kelith, Turkish: Dereiçi
• Kfarbé, Turkish: Güngören
• Kfarze, Turkish: Altıntaş
• M’aré, Turkish: Eskihisar
• Ma'asarte, Turkish: Ömerli
  Ömerli, Mardin
  Ömerli is a district of Mardin Province of Turkey. Ömerli was traditionally a Assyrian/Syriac dominated town....
  
  
• Mardin
  Mardin
  Mardin is a city in southeastern Turkey. The capital of Mardin Province, it is known for its Arabic-like architecture, and for its strategic location on a rocky mountain overlooking the plains of northern Syria.-History:...
  
  
• Midyat
  Midyat
  Midyat is an originally Assyrian/Syriac town in Mardin Province of Turkey. The ancient city is the epicenter of a centuries-old Assyrian/Syriac enclave in Southeast-Turkey, widely familiar under its Syriac name Tur Abdin. A cognate of the name Midyat is first encountered in an inscription of the...
  
  
• Mor Bobo, Turkish: Günyurdu
• Mzizah, Turkish: Doğançay
• Nsivin, ancient Nisibis
  Nisibis
  Nusaybin Nisêbîn) is a city in Mardin Province, Turkey, populated mainly by Kurds. Earlier Arameans, Arabs, and Armenians lived in the city. The population of the city is 83,832 as of 2009.-Ancient Period:...
  
  , Turkish: Nusaybin
• Saleh, Turkish: Barıştepe
• Séderi, Turkish: Üçyol
• Yardo, Turkish: Yamanlar
• Zaz, Turkish: İzbırak

Şırnak Province

Şırnak Province

The Şırnak Province is a Turkish province in southeastern Anatolia. It has a population of 430,109 . The population was 353,197 in 2000....

• Azakh, Turkish: İdil
  Idil
  İdil is a district of Şırnak Province of Turkey. The predominant religion in the region is Islam, although it was once the home of many Anatolian Assyrian/Syriac Christians, who are part of the Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch and who were speakers of the Syriac language an Aramaic dialect...
  
  
• Basibrin / Bsorino, Turkish: Haberli
• Bohtan
• Esfes, Turkish: Yarbaşı
• Geznakh, Turkish: Cevizağacı in Beytüşşebap
  Beytüssebap
  Beytüşşebap is a district of Şırnak Province of Turkey....
  
  
• Gzira, Turkish: Cizre
  Cizre
  Cizre is a town and district of Şırnak Province in the Southeastern Anatolia Region of Turkey, located at the border to Syria, just to the north-west of the Turkish-Syrian-Iraqi tripoint....
  
  
• Hassana, Turkish: Kösreli
• Meer, Turkish: Kovankaya in Beytüşşebap
  Beytüssebap
  Beytüşşebap is a district of Şırnak Province of Turkey....
  
  
• Miden, Turkish: Ögündük
• Sare / Ester / Gawayto, Turkish: Sarıköy
• Shari
• Tamerzé, Turkish: Uçarlı

See also

• Assyrian diaspora
  Assyrian diaspora
  The Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac diaspora refers to the estimated population of Assyrian/Syriac Christians in the world that migrated outside of the Middle East or their original homeland. The worldwide diaspora of Syriac Christian communities begins during World War I, with the mass-killings of...
  
  
• Assyrian people
  Assyrian people
  The Assyrian people are a distinct ethnic group whose origins lie in ancient Mesopotamia...
  
  
• List of Nochiyayeh settlements
• Tur Abdin
  Tur Abdin
  Tur Abdin is a hilly region of south east Turkey incorporating the eastern half of Mardin Province, and Şırnak Province west of the Tigris, on the border with Syria. The name 'Tur Abdin' is from the Syriac language meaning 'mountain of the servants '. Tur Abdin is of great importance to Syriac...
  
  (Syriac name for the settlements and regions in Mardin and Sirnak province)