| Derecik | |
|---|---|
| Municipality | |
  DerecikLocation in Turkey | |
| Coordinates: 37°04′59″N 44°18′40″E / 37.083°N 44.311°E / 37.083; 44.311 | |
| Country | Turkey |
| Province | Hakkâri |
| District | Derecik |
| Population | 13,220 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (TRT) |
Derecik (Kurdish: Rûbarok) is a municipality (belde) and the seat of Derecik District in Hakkâri Province of Turkey. It is populated by Kurds of the Gerdî tribe and had a population of 13,220 in 2023.
The municipality was depopulated in the 1990s during the Kurdish–Turkish conflict.
Neighborhoods
Derecik municipality is divided into the nine quarters of Merkez, Balkaya, Güney, Hacıbey, Orta, Üçyan, Gürmeşe, Rize and Vapurtepe.
Population
Population history of the municipality from 1997 to 2022:
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 5,473 | — |
| 2007 | 8,661 | +58.2% |
| 2012 | 8,913 | +2.9% |
| 2017 | 9,288 | +4.2% |
| 2022 | 11,264 | +21.3% |
| 2023 | 13,220 | +17.4% |
Politics
AKP candidate Ekrem Çetinkaya won the mayorship in the 2019 local elections with 57.52% of the vote.
References
- ^ "Population Of Municipalities, Villages And Quarters". TÜİK. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
- ^ "Türkiye Mülki İdare Bölümleri Envanteri". T.C. İçişleri Bakanlığı (in Turkish). Retrieved 19 December 2022.
- Erdost, Muzaffer İlhan (1993). Şemdinli röportajı (in Turkish). Onur Yayınları. p. 292.
- "The situation in Turkish Kurdistan" (PDF). Kurdish Institute of Paris. November 1992. p. 26. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
- "1997 Population Count" (PDF) (in Turkish). Turkish Statistical Institute. 1999. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 October 2022.
- "Belediye başkanlığı seçimleri". Sandık Sonuçları ve Tutanaklar (in Turkish). Retrieved 25 February 2023.
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