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'''Çüngüş''' ({{lang-ota|چونکوش}},<ref>Tahir Sezen, ''Osmanlı Yer Adları (Alfabetik Sırayla)'', T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, Yayın Nu 21, Ankara, p. 133.</ref> {{lang-ku|Çêngûş}}<ref>{{cite book |author1=Adem Avcıkıran |title=Kürtçe Anamnez Anamneza bi Kurmancî |date=2009 |page=57 |url=http://tirsik.net/danegeh/pirtuk/ismail%20bulbul/anamneza%20bi%20kurmanc%C3%AE.pdf |accessdate=17 December 2019 |language=tr, ku}}</ref>) is a district of ] of ]. According to Turkish government statistics, its population is 11,927 as of 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nufusu.com/ilce/cungus_diyarbakir-nufusu|title=Çüngüş Nüfusu Diyarbakır|website=www.nufusu.com|access-date=2020-01-22}}</ref> |
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'''Çüngüş''' ({{lang-ota|چونکوش}},<ref>Tahir Sezen, ''Osmanlı Yer Adları (Alfabetik Sırayla)'', T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, Yayın Nu 21, Ankara, p. 133.</ref> {{lang-ku|Çêngûş}}<ref>{{cite book |author1=Adem Avcıkıran |title=Kürtçe Anamnez Anamneza bi Kurmancî |date=2009 |page=57 |url=http://tirsik.net/danegeh/pirtuk/ismail%20bulbul/anamneza%20bi%20kurmanc%C3%AE.pdf |accessdate=17 December 2019 |language=tr, ku}}</ref>) is a district of ] of ]. According to Turkish government statistics, its population is 11,927 as of 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nufusu.com/ilce/cungus_diyarbakir-nufusu|title=Çüngüş Nüfusu Diyarbakır|website=www.nufusu.com|access-date=2020-01-22}}</ref> |
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In 1915, Çüngüş was the site of a massacre during the ], in which around 10,000 Armenians living in the area were taken to the Dudan crevasse and murdered by being thrown into the chasm. The massacre was remembered and recorded by the local Kurdish population,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://armenianweekly.com/2012/06/19/alchemy-near-the-chasm-of-death-visiting-a-mass-grave-of-the-armenian-genocide/|title=Alchemy near the Chasm of Death: Visiting a Mass Grave of the Armenian Genocide|last=Mouradian|first=Khatchig|date=2012-06-19|website=The Armenian Weekly|language=en-US|access-date=2020-01-22}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/17/world/europe/turkeys-century-of-denial-about-an-armenian-genocide.html|title=A Century After Armenian Genocide, Turkey’s Denial Only Deepens|last=Arango|first=Tim|date=2015-04-16|work=The New York Times|access-date=2020-01-22|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> and a memorial to victims of the killings was recorded in the film ] (2016).<ref>{{Citation|last=Lubbock|first=John|title=100 Years Later|date=2016-03-22|url=https://vimeo.com/159897601|access-date=2020-01-22}}</ref> |
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Cüngüs was an Armenian ]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Recueil de chants liturgiques - Collection Manuscrits |url=https://www.le-maf.com/item/recueil-de-chants-liturgiques/ |access-date=2022-07-12 |website=Musée Arménien de France |language=fr-FR}}</ref> an Armenian Church was constructed in 1841.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Philandre |date=2015-07-03 |title=To Cermik and Cungus. |url=https://amongarmenianruins.wordpress.com/2015/07/03/to-cermik-and-cungus/ |access-date=2022-07-12 |website=Among Armenian Ruins |language=en}}</ref> Besides the church a monastery was located.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hoppe |first=Ralf |date=2015-04-21 |title=Turkey Slowly Moves to Address Armenian Genocide |language=en |work=] |url=https://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/turkey-slowly-moves-to-address-armenian-genocide-a-1029534.html |access-date=2022-07-12 |issn=2195-1349}}</ref> In 1915, Çüngüş was the site of a massacre during the ] in which around 10,000 Armenians living in the area were taken to the Dudan crevasse and murdered by being thrown into the chasm. The massacre was remembered and recorded by the local Kurdish population,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://armenianweekly.com/2012/06/19/alchemy-near-the-chasm-of-death-visiting-a-mass-grave-of-the-armenian-genocide/|title=Alchemy near the Chasm of Death: Visiting a Mass Grave of the Armenian Genocide|last=Mouradian|first=Khatchig|date=2012-06-19|website=The Armenian Weekly|language=en-US|access-date=2020-01-22}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/17/world/europe/turkeys-century-of-denial-about-an-armenian-genocide.html|title=A Century After Armenian Genocide, Turkey’s Denial Only Deepens|last=Arango|first=Tim|date=2015-04-16|work=The New York Times|access-date=2020-01-22|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> and a memorial to victims of the killings was recorded in the film ] (2016).<ref>{{Citation|last=Lubbock|first=John|title=100 Years Later|date=2016-03-22|url=https://vimeo.com/159897601|access-date=2020-01-22}}</ref> |
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