Güvercin, Batman

Güvercin is a village in the Batman District of Batman Province in Turkey. The village is populated by Kurds of the Receban tribe and had a population of 245 in 2021. It is located on the southern slopes of the Ashita-Dagh.

History

ʿAmsū was historically inhabited by Syriac Orthodox Christians and Kurdish-speaking Armenians. In the Syriac Orthodox patriarchal register of dues of 1870, it was recorded that the village had one household, who paid ten dues, and did not have a church or a priest. There were eight Armenian hearths in 1880. It was located in the kaza of Beşiri. The Armenians were attacked by the Belek, Bekran, Şegro, and other Kurdish tribes in May 1915 amidst the Armenian genocide.