Gülveren, Midyat

Gülveren is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Midyat, Mardin Province in Turkey. The village is populated by Kurds of the Dermemikan tribe and had a population of 668 in 2021. It is located in the historic region of Tur Abdin.

History

Baḥwar was historically inhabited by Syriac Orthodox Christians. In the Syriac Orthodox patriarchal register of dues of 1870, it was recorded that the village had 4 households, who did not pay any dues, and did not have a church or a priest. In 1914, there were 100 Syriacs in the village, according to the list presented to the Paris Peace Conference by the Assyro-Chaldean delegation.