Talk:Hasakah

Syriacs?

I have a question about the Syriacs in Al-Hasakah. How many are there? What organizations are there in that region? The fact is that although many are adherents to the Syriac Orthadox/Catholic Churches majority (my assumption over 90%) call themselves Assyrian which is what their ethnicity is.

Can someone provide me sources with this 'Syriac' population in Al-Hasakah thanx —Preceding unsigned comment added by Malik Danno (talk • contribs) 16:34, 22 August 2008 (UTC)

"poff"... did you hear that? That was your credibilty disappearing. The TriZ (talk) 19:53, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

How old are you, seriously? and you still haven't given me at least one source of what the article states about the Aramaen-Syriac population in Al-Hasakah. And please stop posting baseless responses. Malik Danno (talk) 14:54, 5 September 2008 (UTC)

But seriously, you are funny. How about you showing a source for your statement, were you say that 90% of all Syriac Orthodox and Syriac Catholics call themselves Assyrian? The TriZ (talk) 01:49, 6 September 2008 (UTC)

Do you know how to read? I said "my ASSUMPTION", but the difference is that I do say my assumption while you guys make ur assumptions and turn them as facts on Wikipedia...assumptions dont need sources, saying assumptions like facts do...If you dont give me a source for Syriac-Aramean populations in the various Syrian cities then I will report all of them...Your next post better be a source

P.S. i hope that you know they Assyrian vs. Syriac vs. Chaldean thing is only in the diaspora, its not prevelant in our homeland.

Malik Danno (talk) 15:37, 7 September 2008 (UTC)

Please report everything you find, I'm not wasting more time than I already have with you. Yes it is only in the diaspora cause everyone in the homeland calls themselves Syriacs and proudly wears the Syriac flag, you can easily search for that in youtube. And also, let me just say that it was a very funny "assumption", I got a good laugh out of it, so thanks for that. The TriZ (talk) 21:44, 7 September 2008 (UTC)

Any actual source on there being a Kurdish majority...?

from my understanding the Christians are the majority in Al Hasakah.

--Savakk (talk) 18:10, 10 January 2013 (UTC)

Afaik the city itself has a slight Arab majority.--Rafy talk 17:41, 11 January 2013 (UTC)

right...and once again, is there a source for any of this?

you just saying something does not make it true.

does the Syrian Government do census's that include ethnicity?

--Savakk (talk) 02:40, 15 January 2013 (UTC)

Of course no ethnicity is mentioned in any Syrian census and my claims are thus WP:OR which is why they're not included in the article.--Rafy talk 14:57, 19 January 2013 (UTC)

Translation of the German page

Hi, I used the the German language page to expand the English language version. The page still lacks in line citation but this seems to fill at least some of the gaps in this page. Please feel free to contribute sources. ThanksMonopoly31121993 (talk) 10:09, 5 July 2014 (UTC)

Requested move 11 August 2014

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The result of the move request was: Page not moved: insufficient support Ground Zero | t 01:42, 9 September 2014 (UTC)

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Al-Hasakah → HasakaHasaka – Common English name:

• Hasaka 110
• al-Hasakah 23

Also removing the article "al-" from transliterated Arabic proper names is a common practice, e.g. al-Iraq -> Iraq, al-Sudan -> Sudan, etc. Relisted. Jenks24 (talk) 10:45, 20 August 2014 (UTC) Kathovo talk 09:23, 11 August 2014 (UTC)

• Oppose. The results above for "Hasaka" (of which I get 98) include 29 results for "al-Hasaka", and I get 49 hits for "al-Hasakah" not 23, so it looks about evenly split on that basis. More evidence of common name needs to be provided before I would support. DrKay (talk) 13:18, 30 August 2014 (UTC)

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The current look of the city

I highly doubt that this town still looks like this after 4 years of civil war and clashes between the YPG and the regime forces just 2 days ago. Guy355 (talk) 16:20, 19 January 2015 (UTC)

Autonomy

The Federation of Northern Syria - Rojava is not autonomous. It is not recognized by the US, EU, Turkey, Iran, Russia or the Syrian Assad Regime. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.74.186.109 (talk) 06:09, 25 April 2016 (UTC)

The Federation of Northern Syria - Rojava is de facto an autonomous political entity. -- 2A1ZA (talk) 19:02, 3 August 2016 (UTC)

Control

On 23 August 2016 an agreement between YPG and Syrian Army let Al-Hasakah be freed completely from Government forces.[17][18] The map on Commons says that there is a Syrian Army controlled "security box" in Hasakah. Is it true? And If how does it fit to the statement in this article? --2A02:908:C30:3680:E491:8422:4630:BFF (talk)

The Syrian Arab Army is still present in the security square in al-Hasaka and still controls the Governorate building and other important buildings. Amr ibn Kulthoumعمرو بن كلثوم (talk) 00:31, 24 October 2016 (UTC)

I added a "Control map", so this should make it more clear. Tradedia^talk 20:32, 22 December 2017 (UTC)

So called rojava template and categories

Adding the so-called rojava template and categories in towns and villages under military occupation by YPG militias militia does not change that official status. This is an on-going military conflict and any iterim control (YPG, ISIS, FSA) does not mean a change in the political status of the village/town. I am moving to remove these categories (rojava, cantons, IS, etc). Comments are welcome. Thanks. Amr ibn Kulthoumعمرو بن كلثوم (talk) 01:02, 11 January 2017 (UTC)

Adding an article to category neither confers nor relies upon any official status. It is significant that Al-Hasakah etc are currently governed within the Rojava framework, as other places are run by ISIS, and categorizing them as such should not offend anyone, IMHO. Batternut (talk) 09:43, 11 January 2017 (UTC)

The simple fact that a place is controlled by militants of a certain military group does not grant that area a geographic or political affiliation. This is where I disgree with the category rojava, as the military situation on the ground is changing everyday, does this mean a town is part of rojava today and part of another entity tomorrow? By this token, is a town like Nablus part of Israel since it is under military occupation? I will be fine with a category like "Areas under military control of PYD" or something along these lines. Amr ibn Kulthoumعمرو بن كلثوم (talk) 01:20, 12 January 2017 (UTC)

Al-Hasakah has been under YPG/Rojava control for long enough that WP:Recentism doesn't apply. Being in category 'Rojava' is reasonable simply because the place is under Rojava control (regardless of whether the inhabitants or others like it or not).

Regarding your suggested "Areas under military control of PYD" category, the PYD is neither a country nor an army. Nablus is in category Israeli-occupied territories, and Israel does not claim that the West Bank is part of Israel. The borders of Rojava are not widely accepted, so arguing about what might be in Rojava and what is merely occupied by Rojava is unlikely to be resolvable. Batternut (talk) 11:26, 12 January 2017 (UTC)

Rojava denotes a de facto existing distinct framework of civil governance in distinct parts of Northern Syria, there are 5 Million Google hits for it including all major English language media, and this is what the entire Rojava article on the Wikipedia is about. You may personally dislike anything about this sentence, or the well-sourced elaboration of facts in the Rojava article and in other articles, but your dislike is no valid reason to delete related material from the Wikipedia. -- 2A1ZA (talk) 21:10, 11 January 2017 (UTC)

Merge Hasakah Security Box into this article

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Merge will proceed (no objections heard).

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User @2017NewYearNewMe: has just created Hasakah Security Box and linked it to this and other articles. Does this thing still exist or was it just a temporary state, and is it sufficiently notable to warrant an article? Googling Hasakah "Security Box" gets 85 hits (ignore the 'About 1,970 results' ). Batternut (talk) 22:05, 12 January 2017 (UTC)

I propose merging Hasakah Security Box into this article. Batternut (talk) 11:35, 14 January 2017 (UTC)

Agreed, there's simply no need for this to be a separate article. Eik Corell (talk) 14:46, 15 January 2017 (UTC)

Support. -- 2A1ZA (talk) 00:46, 16 January 2017 (UTC)

Support merge Yazan (talk) 13:01, 19 January 2017 (UTC)

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Orphaned references in Al-Hasakah

I check pages listed in Category:Pages with incorrect ref formatting to try to fix reference errors. One of the things I do is look for content for orphaned references in wikilinked articles. I have found content for some of Al-Hasakah's orphans, the problem is that I found more than one version. I can't determine which (if any) is correct for this article, so I am asking for a sentient editor to look it over and copy the correct ref content into this article.

Reference named "census2004":

• From Raqqa: "2004 Census Data for ar-Raqqah nahiyah" (in Arabic). Syrian Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 15 October 2015. Also available in English: "2004 Census Data". UN OCHA. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
• From Al-Hawl Subdistrict: "2004 Census Data for Nahiya al-Hawl" (in Arabic). Syrian Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 15 October 2015. Also available in English: "2004 Census Data". UN OCHA. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
• From Al-Hasakah District: "General Census of Population and Housing 2004" (PDF) (in Arabic). Syrian Central Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 15 October 2015. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help) Also available in English: "2004 Census Data". UN OCHA. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
• From Sarrin: "2004 Census Data for Sarrin nahiyah" (in Arabic). Syrian Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 15 October 2015. Also available in English: "2004 Census Data". UN OCHA. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
• From Suluk, Syria: "2004 Census Data for Suluk nahiyah" (in Arabic). Syrian Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 15 October 2015. Also available in English: "2004 Census Data". UN OCHA. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
• From Ayn Issa: "2004 Census Data for Ayn Issa nahiyah" (in Arabic). Syrian Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 15 October 2015. Also available in English: "2004 Census Data". UN OCHA. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
• From Al-Jarniyah: "Syrian census 2004". HumanitarianResponse. Pcode 'C5965'
• From Kobanî: "General Census of Population and Housing 2004: Ain al-Arab nahiyah" (in Arabic). Syrian Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 15 October 2015. Also available in English: "Syria: 2004 census data". UN OCHA. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
• From Al-Qahtaniyah, al-Hasakah Governorate: "2004 Census Data for Nahiya al-Qahtaniyah" (in Arabic). Syrian Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 15 October 2015. Also available in English: UN OCHA. "2004 Census Data". Humanitarian Data Exchange. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
• From Tell Abyad: "General Census of Population and Housing 2004: Tell Abyad nahiyah" (in Arabic). Syrian Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 15 October 2015. Also available in English: "Syria: 2004 census data". UN OCHA. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
• From Kobanî Canton: "General Census of Population and Housing 2004" (PDF) (in Arabic). Syrian Central Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 15 October 2015. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help) Also available in English: "2004 Census Data". UN OCHA. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
• From Qamishli District: "General Census of Population and Housing 2004" (PDF) (in Arabic). Syrian Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 15 October 2015. Also available in English: "2004 Census Data". UN OCHA. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
• From Al-Hasakah Subdistrict: "2004 Census Data for Nahiya al-Hasakah" (in Arabic). Syrian Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 15 October 2015. Also available in English: "2004 Census Data". UN OCHA. Retrieved 15 October 2015.

I apologize if any of the above are effectively identical; I am just a simple computer program, so I can't determine whether minor differences are significant or not. AnomieBOT⚡ 13:35, 12 December 2017 (UTC)

 Done Tradedia^talk 20:32, 22 December 2017 (UTC)

Removal of sourced content by Konli17

Konli17, Vanly (1992) the source clearly says "Hasak is an Arab town with growing Kyrdish population". page 116. Stop removing relevant content from a highly reliable source used elsewhere. Amr ibn Kulthoumعمرو بن كلثوم (talk) 19:19, 1 August 2020 (UTC)

Key word there is "growing", Amr. A 28-year-old reference isn't going to cut it. Konli17 (talk) 19:39, 1 August 2020 (UTC)

That's from the reference: "Hasaka, an Arab town with a growing Kurdish community". page 116. Amr ibn Kulthoumعمرو بن كلثوم (talk) 19:49, 1 August 2020 (UTC)

Yes, I understood. You can use that quote in the article, as long as you date it. Konli17 (talk) 19:57, 1 August 2020 (UTC)

Proposed move

I propose moving this article to Hasakah, dropping the 'Al' prefix, as this is the WP:COMMONNAME for the city. Konli17 (talk) 23:46, 2 November 2020 (UTC)

Oppose. The common name is al-Hasakah. Amr ibn Kulthoumعمرو بن كلثوم (talk) 03:10, 5 November 2020 (UTC)

If you look above, that move has already been tried before Thepharoah17 (talk) 04:56, 5 November 2020 (UTC)

Amr, you're just plain wrong again, according to my search results. P17, that was in 2014. The common name for many Syrian places has changed over the course of the war. Also, we tend not to use the 'al' prefix for placenames. Konli17 (talk) 10:27, 5 November 2020 (UTC)

Requested move 19 March 2026

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The result of the move request was: moved. (closed by non-admin page mover) Jeffrey34555 (talk) 04:44, 1 April 2026 (UTC)

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• Al-Hasakah → Hasakah
• Al-Hasakah Governorate → Hasakah Governorate
• Al-Hasakah District → Hasakah District
• Al-Hasakah Subdistrict → Hasakah Subdistrict

– Per WP:COMMONNAME; Hasakah is more widely used in English than al‑Hasakah or Al‑Hasakah.

It is the most commonly used form across English-language media, from books to major international news outlets, including those of Syria and of the region (such as SANA, Arab News, Al Jazeera or Anadolu Agency), as well as this article’s sources.

Google Ngram also shows that Hasakah is twice more common than al‑Hasakah/Al‑Hasakah (see the following data about the city and the governorate).

The Arabic definite article al- is usually dropped in English for well-established place names (especially national/provincial capitals and other important cities): e.g. Medina, Riyadh, Doha, Sharjah, Cairo, Ismailia, Mosul, Kufa, Najaf, Basra, Sulaymaniyah, Kenitra, Kairouan; in Syria itself: Latakia, Raqqa, Suwayda, Quneitra... This is a strong and longstanding convention in English.

Hasakah is also already used within Wikipedia itself (e.g. in Free Hasakah Forces), reflecting the established usage.

Hasakah is the most recognizable and most natural title in English. ~2026-17323-57 (talk) 21:38, 19 March 2026 (UTC) — Relisting. Jeffrey34555 (talk) 20:31, 26 March 2026 (UTC)

Support per given reasoning. It checks out. ⹃Maltazarian ^{ᚾparlay$\lor$investigateᛅ} 13:00, 27 March 2026 (UTC)

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