Üçok (; ) is a village in the İdil District of Şırnak Province in Turkey. The village is populated by Kurds of the Hesinan tribe and had a population of 519 in 2021.
History Bābeq (today called Üçok) was historically inhabited by Syriac Orthodox Christians. In the Syriac Orthodox patriarchal register of dues of 1870, it was recorded that the village had 13 households, who paid 24 dues, and it did not have a church or a priest. Bābeq was attacked by Hamidiye horsemen led by Mustapha Pasha on 20 December 1901 and 5 men from the village were killed, 7 were wounded, and all of their flocks were stolen. Some people from Azakh who decided to help the people of Bābeq were consequently ambushed by the Hamidiye en route to the village and a skirmish resulted in the death of 11 men from Azakh and seven injured whilst 2 Kurds were killed and 2 were wounded.
2 deacons were ordained for the Church of Mār Bihnām at Bābeq by Metropolitan Yuliyus Bihnām of Jazireh in 1328 AH (1910 AD). Amidst the Sayfo, the village was besieged by the Ömerkan, ‘Alikan, and ‘Aliyan tribes on 30 May 1915, but the siege was lifted after they were paid off by the nearby village of Azakh. After a short battle on 20 June 1915, the village's population of 60 Syriac families fled to Azakh. Bābeq was subsequently seized by the Kurds.
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