Qudshanis
Qudshanis | |
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| Coordinates: 37°39′7″N 43°47′53″E / 37.65194°N 43.79806°E | |
| Country | Turkey |
| Province | Hakkâri |
| District | Hakkâri |
| Population (2023) | 30 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (TRT) |
Qudshanis (also: Kuçanis or Kochanes, officially Konak, Kurdish: Koçanis, Syriac: ܩܘܕܫܢܝܣ, romanized: Qūdšānīs , Syriac pronunciation: [quˈt͡ʃɑ.nɪs];), is a small village in the Hakkâri District of Hakkâri Province, Turkey. The village is populated by Kurds of the Pinyanişî tribe and population was 30 in 2023.
It was significant in the history of the Church of the East (whose continuation is at the head of what since 1976 has adopted the name of Assyrian Church of the East) in that it was the seat of a line of patriarchs for many centuries until mid-1915, when Mar Shimun XIX Benyamin along with the rest of the Assyrians of Hakkari were forced to flee as part of the Sayfo.