Yemişli, Uludere

Yemişli is a village in the Uludere District of Şırnak Province in Turkey. The village is populated by Kurds of the Goyan tribe and had a population of 2,749 in 2023.
The hamlet of Yekmal is attached to Yemişli.

History

Margā was historically inhabited by Chaldean Catholics. There were 760 Chaldean Catholics in 1913 and the village had one church and one priest as part of the diocese of Zakho. The village was destroyed by the Ottoman Army in June 1915 amidst the Sayfo and its inhabitants were later resettled at Berseve near Zakho in Iraq.

Population

Population history from 2007 to 2023: