İzbırak, Midyat
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İzbırak ܙܐܙ |
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| Village | |
 İzbırak
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| Coordinates: 37°31′N 41°32′E / 37.517°N 41.533°E | |
| Country |
 Turkey
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| Province | Mardin Province |
| District | Midyat |
İzbırak (Syriac: ܙܐܙ: Zaz,Kurdish: Zazê) is a village in Mardin Province in southeastern Turkey. It is located in the district of Midyat and the historical region of Tur Abdin.
Zaz is first mentioned by the name "Zazabukha" in 879 BC during the campaigns of Ashurnasirpal II, King of Assyria, and functioned as a military headquarters. The Church of Mor Dimet in Zaz was likely constructed in the 4th century or early 5th century AD.
At the onset of the 20th century, Zaz was populated by Assyrians, however, during the Assyrian Genocide, the inhabitants of the village were killed by Kurds. With the aid of Çelebi Ağa, a Kurdish chieftain, survivors of the massacre who had fled were able to return to Zaz at the end of the First World War.
The name of the village was officially changed to İzbırak following the establishment of the Republic of Turkey. As a result of the Kurdish–Turkish conflict, Assyrians began to migrate from Zaz in the 1960s, and was at its peak in the 1990s.
Coordinates: 37°31′N 41°32′E / 37.517°N 41.533°E
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