Akkaya, Çukurca

Akkaya (Kurdish: Serispî;[2] Syriac: Sārāspīdōn)[3][nb 1] is a village in the Çukurca District in Hakkâri Province in Turkey.

[1][6] The four hamlets of Dağdibi (Cemêhuyu), Sarıyer (Sîyavik), Dikenli (Bite) and Kunaklı (Barzan) are attached to Akkaya.

[2][5] Sārāspīdōn (today called Akkaya) was historically inhabited by Assyrian people and located in the Upper Tyari district in the Hakkari region.

[7] According to the English missionary George Percy Badger, the village was inhabited by 80 Assyrian families in 1850, all of whom belonged to the Church of the East and were served by two priests.

[10] Amidst the Sayfo, Sārāspīdōn was attacked and destroyed by Turks and Kurds led by the vali of Mosul, Haydar Bey, on 11 June 1915 although most of the villagers were able to flee.