Alayunt, Dargeçit

Alayunt or Alayurt (Kurdish: Arbayê; Syriac: Arbaye)[a] is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Dargeçit, Mardin Province in Turkey.

[1][5] It is located in the historic region of Tur Abdin.

[7] The Church of Mar Saba at Arbaye (today called Alayunt) is believed to have been constructed in the eighth century.

[8] In 1914, the village was inhabited by 250 Assyrians, according to the list presented to the Paris Peace Conference by the Assyro-Chaldean delegation.

[11] Amidst the Sayfo, Kurds led by Ali Musa of Dayvan murdered most of the Assyrians and destroyed the Church of Mar Saba.