Why visit Çığır
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About Çığır
Çığır (Kurdish: Serkanî; Syriac: Serkani) is a village in the İdil District of Şırnak Province in Turkey. The village is populated by Kurds of the Botikan tribe and had a population of 1,878 in 2021.
From the Wikipedia article Çığır, İdil (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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History
Serkani (today called Çığır) was historically inhabited by Syriac Orthodox Christians. It was populated by 200 Syriacs in 1914, according to according to the list presented to the Paris Peace Conference by the Assyro-Chaldean delegation.
From the History section of Çığır, İdil on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Map of Çığır
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Getting there and nearby towns
Şırnak Şerafettin Elçi Airport (NKT) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 36 km away.
- Alakamış 4 km east, about 4 min by car
- Özbek 5 km northwest, about 5 min by car
- Uğrak 5 km northeast, about 5 min by car
- Cizre 44 km northeast, about 44 min by car
- Midyat 46 km northwest, about 46 min by car
- Nusaybin 48 km west, about 48 min by car
- Silopi 65 km east, about 1 h by car
- Hasankeyf 68 km northwest, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Siirt 87 km north, about 1 h 30 min by car
- Mardin 90 km west, about 1 h 30 min by car
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- Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): overview and history text
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