Kurdish Villages Depopulated By Turkey
The number of Kurdish villages depopulated by Turkey is estimated at around 3,000. Since 1984, the Turkish military has embarked on a campaign to eradicate the Kurdistan Workers Party; by the year 2000, some 30,000 people had died and two million Kurdish refugees had been driven out of their homes into cities. Background Until the 1970s, about 70% of the Kurdish population of Turkish Kurdistan inhabited one of the approximately 20,000 Kurdish villages. But by 1985, only 58% of the population were still living in the rural areas and much of the countryside in Kurdish populated regions had been depopulated by the Turkish government, with Kurdish civilians moving to local centers such as Diyarbakır, Van, and Şırnak, as well as to the cities of western Turkey and even to western Europe. The causes of the depopulation were in most cases the Turkish state's military operations and to a lesser extent attacks by the PKK on villages it deemed defended by collaborators of the Turkish ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Kelekçi Village Destruction
The Kelekçi village destruction occurred in November 1992 in the Dicle district in Diyarbakır Province, Turkey. The Turkish authorities demanded the Muhtar of the Kelekçi village to evacuate all the inhabitants of the village. But as the villagers gathered in an area, the Turkish gendarmerie, using heavy weapons in armored vehicles began firing at the villagers and their houses. Soldiers set fire to and destroyed 136 houses. Some of the villagers escaped to nearby towns, with unknown killed. On the 6 April 1993, the Turkish authorities returned and set fire to the remaining houses. Before its destruction, the village had a population of five-hundred inhabitants. In July the same year a village guard family had decided to resign from the village guard system that was instituted by Turkey due to three members being killed during an attack by the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). International Justice Case Nine families brought their cases to the European Court of Human Right ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Güçlükonak District
Güçlükonak District is a district of the Şırnak Province of Turkey. In 2021, the district had a population of 11,915. The seat of the district is the town of Güçlükonak. Its area is 466 km2. The district was part of Siirt Province until it was attached to Şırnak Province in 1990. Settlements Güçlükonak District contains two beldes, twenty-five villages, of which six are unpopulated, and moreover ten hamlets A hamlet is a human settlement that is smaller than a town or village. This is often simply an informal description of a smaller settlement or possibly a subdivision or satellite entity to a larger settlement. Sometimes a hamlet is defined f .... Beldes # Güçlükonak () # Fındık () Villages # AÄŸaçyurdu () # AkçakuÅŸak () # Akdizgin () # Boyuncuk () # BulmuÅŸlar () # Çetinkaya () # Çevrimli () # Çobankazanı () # DaÄŸyeli () # Damlabaşı () # Damlarca () # DemirboÄŸaz () # Düğünyurdu () # Erdurdu () # Eskiyapı ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Cizre District
Cizre District is a district of the Şırnak Province of Turkey. Its population was 159,754 in 2022. Its area is 444 km2. The seat of the district is the town of Cizre. Settlements Cizre District contains no beldes, thirty-two villages, of which one is unpopulated, and nineteen hamlets. Cities # Cizre Cizre () is a city in the Cizre District of Şırnak Province in Turkey. It is located on the river Tigris by the Syria–Turkey border and close to the Iraq–Turkey border. Cizre is in the historical region of Upper Mesopotamia and the cultura ... Villages # AÅŸağıçeÅŸme () # AÅŸağıdere () # AÅŸağıkonak () # BaÄŸlarbaşı () # Bozalan () # Çağıl () # Çatalköy () # ÇavuÅŸköy () # Dirsekli () # Düzova () # Erdem () # Grikova # Güçlü () # Gürsü () # Havuzlu () # Katran () # Kayaköy () # Kebeli () # Keruh () # Kocapınar () # Koçtepe () # Korucu () # KurtuluÅŸ () # KuÅŸtepe () # Seyrantepe (Bilinda Darê) # Sulak () # ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Yüksekova District
Yüksekova District is a district in the Hakkâri Province of Turkey. Its seat is the city Yüksekova. Its area is 2,547 km2 and had a population of 121,969 people in 2023. It borders Iran to the east, and Kurdistan Region of Iraq to the south. History The district was historically an important trade route location due to its proximity to Iran. From the 1810s to Sayfo in 1915, the entire population of around the Great Zab was East Syriac Assyrian people, Assyrian whose main occupation was agriculture that consisted of wheat, barley, cotton and tea. The local Assyrian population were descendants of people who found refuge among Kurds from the Golden Horde in the early fifteenth century. Traveller Ely Bannister Soane, Soane visited the district in 1910, describing the area as 'one of the most inaccessible of the many sealed corners of this mountain country'. After the genocide, Assyrian people, Assyrian villages were subsequently populated by Kurds. In 1936, the name of t ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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MeÅŸelik, Åžemdinli
MeÅŸelik () is an unpopulated village in the Åžemdinli District in Hakkâri Province in Turkey. The village was previously populated by Kurds of the Herkî tribe. The hamlet ''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a Shakespearean tragedy, tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play. Set in Denmark, the play (the ... of Yaman () is attached to the village. History Population history from 1985 to 2023: References {{Åžemdinli District Villages in Åžemdinli District Kurdish settlements in Hakkâri Province Former populated places in Turkey ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Kovankaya, Beytüşşebap
Kovankaya () is an unpopulated village in the Beytüşşebap District of Şırnak Province in Turkey. It is located by the river Hezil in the district of Beytüşşebap in Şırnak Province. In the village, there were Chaldean Catholic churches of Mart Shmuni and Mart Maryam. A church of Mar Isha'ya was located nearby. The hamlets of Ayrım (, ), ÜçkardeÅŸ and YassıtaÅŸ are attached to Kovankaya. Etymology The Turkish name of the village is derived from "kovan" ("beehive" in Turkish) and "kaya" ("cliff" in Turkish), and thus Kovankaya translates to "beehive cliff" in Turkish. History The church of Mart Shmuni was originally constructed as a monastery in 320 AD, which housed 600 monks at its height. Meer was formerly exclusively inhabited by Assyrians known as ''Meeryayé''. The villagers practised pastoral farming and beekeeping. In 1913, Meer and the neighbouring village of Hoz were inhabited by 500 Chaldean Catholics, and were served by one priest and one functioning chu ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Çevre, Şemdinli
Çevre () is an unpopulated village in the Åžemdinli District in Hakkâri Province in Turkey. The village was previously populated by Kurds of the Humaru tribe. History The village had a population of 355 in 1967 and 724 in 1990. According to Vital Cuinet, the villagers were from the Hakkari tribe who were related to the people in the other Bay A bay is a recessed, coastal body of water that directly connects to a larger main body of water, such as an ocean, a lake, or another bay. A large bay is usually called a ''gulf'', ''sea'', ''sound'', or ''bight''. A ''cove'' is a small, ci ... village in the area. Population Population history from 1967 to 2023: See also * Ayranlı References {{Åžemdinli District Villages in Åžemdinli District Kurdish settlements in Hakkâri Province Former populated places in Turkey ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ayranlı, Şemdinli
Ayranlı () is a depopulated village in the Åžemdinli District in Hakkâri Province in Turkey, on the border with Iraq. The village was previously populated by Kurds of the Herkî tribe. The hamlet of Üzümkıran () is attached to the village. History The village had a population of 794 in 1967 but was evacuated and burned in 1993 by the state, during the Kurdish–Turkish conflict Kurdish nationalism, Kurdish nationalist uprisings have periodically occurred in Turkey, beginning with the Turkish War of Independence and the consequent transition from the Ottoman Empire to the modern Turkish state and continuing to the pre .... At the 1997 census, it had no population. Destroyed homes were remade into five police stations and, as of 2022, the local population were still prevented from returning to the village. References {{Åžemdinli District Villages in Åžemdinli District Kurdish settlements in Hakkâri Province Former populated places in Turkey ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Åžemdinli District
Åžemdinli District is a district in the Hakkâri Province of Turkey. The district had a population of 44,742 in 2023 with the town of Åžemdinli as its seat. Its area is 1,209 km2. The district was established in 1936. Part of the district was separated to form Derecik District in 2018. The current district governor (''kaymakam)'' is Batuhan TaÅŸgın. Settlements There is one municipality in Åžemdinli District: * Åžemdinli The district has twenty-two villages of which three are unpopulated: # Alan (, ) # Altınsu () # Ayranlı () # BaÄŸlar () # Beyyurdu () # BoÄŸazköy () # Bozyamaç () # Çalışkanlar () # Çatalca () # Çevre () # Çubuklu () # Günyazı () # Kayalar () # Konur () # Korgan () # MeÅŸelik () # Öveç () # Tekeli () # Tütünlü () # UÄŸuraçan () # Yaylapınar () # Yufkalı () The district has forty-two hamlets: # Aktütün () # AÅŸağıkayalar # AÅŸağıtuÄŸlu () # Balıklı () # Binahare () # Çamlıca () # Çiçekli # Deravi () ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Hakkâri Province
Hakkâri Province (, ; ), is a province in the southeast of Turkey. The administrative centre is the city of Hakkâri. Its area is 7,095 km2, and its population is 287,625 (2023). The current Governor is Ali Çelik. The province encompasses 8 municipalities, 140 villages and 313 hamlets. The province is a stronghold for Kurdish nationalism and a hotspot in the Kurdish–Turkish conflict. Districts Hakkâri province is divided into five districts (capital district in bold): * Çukurca District * Derecik District (since 2018) * Hakkâri District * Åžemdinli District * Yüksekova District Demographics Hakkari Province is located in Turkish Kurdistan and has an overwhelmingly Kurdish population. The province is tribal and most of the Kurds adhere to the Shafiʽi school of Sunni Islam with the Naqshbandi order having a strong presence around Åžemdinli. The Kurdish tribes in the province include the Doski, ErtuÅŸi, Gerdi, Herki, Jirki and PinyaniÅŸ. The area had a ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Beytüşşebap District
Beytüşşebap District is a district of the Şırnak Province of Turkey. In 2023, the district had a population of 16,056. The seat of the district is the town of Beytüşşebap. Its area is 1,647 km2. Settlements Beytüşşebap District contains no beldes, thirty-one villages of which five are unpopulated and moreover fifty-five hamlets A hamlet is a human settlement that is smaller than a town or village. This is often simply an informal description of a smaller settlement or possibly a subdivision or satellite entity to a larger settlement. Sometimes a hamlet is defined f .... Villages # Akarsu () # Akçayol () # AÅŸağıdere () # Ayvalık () # BaÅŸaran () # BeÅŸaÄŸaç () # BoÄŸazören () # BolaÄŸaç () # Bölücek () # CevizaÄŸacı () # Çığlıca () # DaÄŸaltı () # Dilekyolu () # DoÄŸanyol () # Dönmezler # Gökçe () # Güneyyaka () # Günyüzü () # Ilıcak () # Kovankaya () # Koyunoba () # Mezraa () # Mutluca () # Ortalı () # ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |