Başakköy, İdil

Başakköy (Basaqê, ) is a village in the İdil District of Şırnak Province in Turkey. The village is populated by Kurds of the Domanan tribe and had a population of 124 in 2021. It is located in the historic region of Tur Abdin.

There was a church of Mar Addai; it is now used as a stable.

History
Bēth Isḥaq (today called Başakköy) was historically exclusively inhabited by Syriac Orthodox Assyrians. In 1395, Amir Shah, son of Timur, plundered the region of Tur Abdin following the destruction of Diyarbakır, and devastated Bēth Isḥaq in an attack in which all the men were killed and all the women and children were taken captive.

According to the account of the priest Addai of Beth Sbirino, it was later also attacked by Bakhti Kurds in 1453 alongside the neighbouring villages of Beth Sbirino, Midun, and Araban. The Bakhti Kurds attacked Bēth Isḥaq, in addition to the villages of Midun and Araban, again in 1457.

Amidst the Sayfo in 1915, a number of villagers sought protection at Beth Sbirino whilst Bēth Isḥaq itself was destroyed.