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About Karalar
Karalar (Arabic: عربان; Kurdish: Eraban; Syriac: ܥܪܒܐܢ, romanized: ʿArban) is a town (belde) in the İdil District of Şırnak Province in Turkey. The settlement is populated by Kurds of the Domanan tribe and had a population of 4,065 in 2021. It is located in the historic region of Tur Abdin.
From the Wikipedia article Karalar, İdil (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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History
ʿArban (today called Karalar) was historically inhabited by Syriac Orthodox Christians. There was a church of the Virgin and Mar Barsoum. The monk-priest Yeshu’, son of the priest Barṣoum of Arban, was a renowned calligrapher (fl. 1298). The village was attacked by Bakhti Kurds in 1453 alongside the neighbouring villages of Beth Sbirino, Bēth Isḥaq, and Midun, as per the account of the priest Addai of Basibrina in c. 1500 appended to the Chronography of Bar Hebraeus. Bakhti Kurds attacked ʿArban, as well as the villages of Bēth Isḥaq and Midun, again in 1457, resulting in the death of the priests Behnam and Addai, the deacon Abu Nasr, and 40 men whilst the women and children were taken captive.
From the History section of Karalar, İdil on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Getting there and nearby towns
Şırnak Şerafettin Elçi Airport (NKT) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 35 km away.
- Dumanlı 8 km north, about 8 min by car
- Aksoy 9 km south, about 9 min by car
- Oyalı 10 km southeast, about 10 min by car
- Midyat 33 km northwest, about 33 min by car
- Cizre 45 km east, about 45 min by car
- Nusaybin 48 km southwest, about 48 min by car
- Silopi 70 km east, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Siirt 74 km north, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Batman 81 km northwest, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Mardin 83 km west, about 1 h 30 min by car
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