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Derecik District
District
Map showing Derecik District in Hakkâri Province
Country	Turkey
Province	Hakkâri
Seat	Derecik
Government
• Kaymakam	Abdulkadir Işık
Area	435 km (168 sq mi)
Population	25,907
• Density	60/km (150/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+3 (TRT)
Website	www.derecik.gov.tr

Derecik District is a district in Hakkâri Province in Turkey. The district was created from Şemdinli in 2018 and has four villages. The district had a population of 25,907 in 2023. Its area is 435 km.

The district is populated by Kurds of the Gerdî tribe with the Begzade tribe present in one village.

It borders the Erbil Governorate of Kurdistan Region in Iraq to the south and the local Gerdî tribe shares closer traditions and customs with the Gerdî Kurds residing on the Iraqi side than the Kurds of Yüksekova and Hakkâri.

Settlements

The main town of the district is Derecik (Rûbarok).

The four villages of the district:

1. Anadağ (Bêruh)
2. Gelişen (Gerdî Şapatan)
3. Ortaklar (Bêsusin)
4. Ulaşan (Zerin)
5. Uslu (Hordin)

The sixteen hamlets of the district:

1. Adıgüzel
2. Akören (Bêşan)
3. Aralık (Parewê)
4. Bağlıca (Mamreşan)
5. Beğendik
6. Beşikağaç (Nihave)
7. Bölek (Serekanî)
8. Gökçetaş (Musekan)
9. Karakoç (Sunê)
10. Koryürek (Bêgijnê)
11. Kütüklu (Zewyarezi)
12. Mordağ (Dêrkê)
13. Ormancık (Bêgalte)
14. Örencık (Benavok)
15. Suçıktı (Bêlutyan)
16. Taşlıçay (Çemena geli)
17. Toklu
18. Yeşilova (Îsyan)

Population

Population history of the district from 2018 to 2023:

References

1. "Hakkari Valisi Akbıyık, yeni ilçe olan Derecik'i ziyaret etti". T24 (in Turkish). 29 November 2018. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
2. "Türkiye Mülki İdare Bölümleri Envanteri". T.C. İçişleri Bakanlığı (in Turkish). Retrieved 19 December 2022.
3. ^ "Population Of SRE-1, SRE-2, Provinces and Districts". TÜİK. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
4. "İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri". General Directorate of Mapping. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
5. Erdost, Muzaffer İlhan (1993). Şemdinli röportajı (in Turkish). Onur Yayınları. pp. 292, 306.
6. Peter Alfred, Andrews; Benninghaus, Rüdiger, eds. (1989). Ethnic Groups in the Republic of Turkey. pp. 216–217.
7. Aras, Ramazan (2020). The Wall: The Making and Unmaking of the Turkish-Syrian Border. Springer Nature. p. 125.
8. "Derecik köylerinin Kürtçe, Türkçe ve eski isimleri". Yüksekova Haber (in Turkish). Retrieved 15 December 2022.

v t e Derecik District in Hakkâri Province of Turkey
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