Gelişen, Derecik

Gelişen (Kurdish: Gerdî Şepatan) is a village in Derecik District in Hakkâri Province in Turkey.[2] The village is populated by Kurds of the Gerdî tribe and had a population of 4,122 in 2022.[1][3]

Gelişen
Gelişen is located in Turkey
Gelişen
Gelişen
Location in Turkey
Coordinates: 37.117°N 44.426°E / 37.117; 44.426
CountryTurkey
ProvinceHakkâri
DistrictDerecik
Population
 (2022)[1]
4,122
Time zoneTRT (UTC+3)

The village has the nine hamlets of Adıgüzel, Aralık (Parewê), Beğendik, Karakoç (Sunê), Koryürek (Bêgijnê), Kütüklu (Zewyarezi), Mordağ (Dêrkê), Suçıktı (Bêlutyan) and Toklu attached to it.[2][4]

History

The village was attached to Şemdinli District before becoming part of the newly-created Derecik District in 2018.[5]

Name

The name Şepatan (Shepātān) may be connected to the word Sciabatan mentioned by Assemani.[6]

Population

Population history of the village from 1997 to 2022:[7][1]

Population
YearPop.±% p.a.
19972,402    
20074,061+5.39%
20125,679+6.94%
20173,988−6.83%
20224,122+0.66%

References

  1. "Address Based Population Registration System Results". Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (in Turkish). Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  2. "Türkiye Mülki İdare Bölümleri Envanteri". T.C. İçişleri Bakanlığı (in Turkish). Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  3. Peter Alfred, Andrews; Benninghaus, Rüdiger, eds. (1989). Ethnic Groups in the Republic of Turkey. p. 216.
  4. "Derecik köylerinin Kürtçe, Türkçe ve eski isimleri". Yüksekova Haber (in Turkish). Retrieved 15 December 2022.
  5. "KARAYOLLARI TRAFİK KANUNU İLE BAZI KANUNLARDA DEĞİŞİKLİK YAPILMASI HAKKINDA KANUN" (in Turkish). 18 October 2018. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
  6. E.J. Brill's First Encyclopaedia of Islam: 1913-1936. S. Vol. VII. Brill Publishers. 1993. p. 303.
  7. "1997 Population Count" (PDF) (in Turkish). Turkish Statistical Institute. 1999. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 October 2022.
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