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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] |
Yüksekova
Yüksekova (; ) is a municipality (belde) in the Yüksekova District of Hakkâri Province in Turkey and is the largest city in the province. The city is populated by Kurds of different tribal backgrounds including non-tribal and is considered part of Turkish Kurdistan. The city also has a large ethnic Turkish population for the region and historically had a large Assyrian Christian population although, the Assyrian share of the population used to be much larger than it is today due to the Ottoman Empire's genocide of Assyrian Christians. Yüksekova had a population of 84,800 in 2023. Remziye Yaşar ( Peoples' Democratic Party) was elected mayor in 2019. She was arrested in October 2019 over terrorism-related charges and replaced by a trustee appointed by the central government. Name Yüksekova was historically known as Dize meaning fortress in Kurdish. This region is attested as early as the 4th century in the Syriac text Acts of Mar Mari as Gāwār, a region that Christ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adaklı, Yüksekova
Adaklı () is a village in the Yüksekova District of Hakkâri Province in Turkey. The village is populated by Kurds of the Doski, Oramar and Pinyanişî tribes and had a population of 1,075 in 2023. The village was previously Assyrian. History The village of Adaklı was previously Assyrian until Sayfo The Sayfo (, ), also known as the Seyfo or the Assyrian genocide, was the mass murder and deportation of Assyrian people, Assyrian/Syriac Christians in southeastern Anatolia and Persia's Azerbaijan (Iran), Azerbaijan province by Ottoman Army ... and was bought from the central government by Kurds from different tribal backgrounds creating a mixed tribally-composed village. Population Population history from 1997 to 2023: References {{Yüksekova District Villages in Yüksekova District Kurdish settlements in Hakkâri Province Historic Assyrian communities in Hakkâri Province ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dağlıca, Yüksekova
Dağlıca (; ) is a village in Yüksekova District of Hakkâri Province in southeastern Turkey. It is located by the river Oramar (), a tributary of the Great Zab. The village is populated by Kurds of the Oramar tribe and had a population of 570 in 2023. Dağlıca has the hamlets of Akar, Avasan, Beğendik, Bozkaya (), Demirli, Genişdere (), Gökağaç, İncirlik (), Köyiçi, Ortaklar (), Sivrice and Üçkardeş () attached to the village. The unpopulated village of İkiyaka () and its likewise unpopulated four hamlets of Berkevi (), Molya Yasin (), Rezuk and Gundi juri () are situated southeast of Dağlıca. There were Church of the East churches of Mar Mamo and Mar Daniel situated in the village. History According to local tradition, Mar Mamo fled persecution and became a hermit at Oramar. Mamo collected all snakes in the region and placed them in a pit, upon which he constructed a sanctuary, and it was believed it could heal snake and dog bites, as well as scorpion sting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Çukurca, Yüksekova
Çukurca (, ) is a village in the Yüksekova District of Hakkâri Province in Turkey. It is populated by Kurds Kurds (), or the Kurdish people, are an Iranian peoples, Iranic ethnic group from West Asia. They are indigenous to Kurdistan, which is a geographic region spanning southeastern Turkey, northwestern Iran, northern Iraq, and northeastern Syri ... of the Dirî tribe and had a population of 554 in 2023. Çukurca was a hamlet of Demirkonak before receiving village status in 2014. History The village was populated by 15 Assyrian families in 1850 and 30 families in 1877. Population Population history of the village from 2015 to 2023: References {{Yüksekova District Villages in Yüksekova District Kurdish settlements in Hakkâri Province Historic Assyrian communities in Hakkâri Province ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Çatma, Yüksekova
Çatma () is a village in the Yüksekova District of Hakkâri Province in Turkey. The village is populated by Kurds Kurds (), or the Kurdish people, are an Iranian peoples, Iranic ethnic group from West Asia. They are indigenous to Kurdistan, which is a geographic region spanning southeastern Turkey, northwestern Iran, northern Iraq, and northeastern Syri ... of the Doski tribe and had a population of 547 in 2023. Population Population history from 1997 to 2023: References {{Yüksekova District Villages in Yüksekova District Kurdish settlements in Hakkâri Province ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bulaklı, Yüksekova
Bulaklı (, ) is a village in the Yüksekova District of Hakkâri Province in Turkey. The village is populated by Kurds of Doski and Oramar tribes and had a population of 206 in 2023. History The village of Bulaklı was previously Assyrian until Sayfo The Sayfo (, ), also known as the Seyfo or the Assyrian genocide, was the mass murder and deportation of Assyrian people, Assyrian/Syriac Christians in southeastern Anatolia and Persia's Azerbaijan (Iran), Azerbaijan province by Ottoman Army ... and was bought from the central government by Kurds from different tribal backgrounds creating a mixed tribally-composed village. The village was populated by 13 Assyrian families in 1850 and 17 families in 1877. Population Population history from 2007 to 2023: References {{Yüksekova District Villages in Yüksekova District Kurdish settlements in Hakkâri Province Historic Assyrian communities in Hakkâri Province ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bostancık, Yüksekova
Bostancık () is a village in the Yüksekova District of Hakkâri Province in Turkey. The village is populated by Kurds of the Doski tribe and had a population of 522 in 2023. The village once had a population of around 400 households but was evacuated due to 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 .... Some locals have since then returned to the village. Population Population history from 1997 to 2023: References {{Yüksekova District Villages in Yüksekova District Kurdish settlements in Hakkâri Province ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beşatlı, Yüksekova
Beşatlı (, ) is a village in Yüksekova District in Hakkâri Province in Turkey. The village is populated by Kurds of the Pinyanişî tribe and had a population of 703 in 2023. 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 Çakmak () is attached to the village. History The village was populated by 16 Assyrian families in 1850 and 10 families in 1877. Population Population history from 1997 to 2023: References {{Yüksekova District Villages in Yüksekova District Kurdish settlements in Hakkâri Province Historic Assyrian communities in Hakkâri Province ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bataklık, Yüksekova
Bataklık () is a village in Yüksekova District in Hakkâri Province in Turkey. The village is populated by Kurds Kurds (), or the Kurdish people, are an Iranian peoples, Iranic ethnic group from West Asia. They are indigenous to Kurdistan, which is a geographic region spanning southeastern Turkey, northwestern Iran, northern Iraq, and northeastern Syri ... of the Doski tribe and had a population of 453 in 2023. Population Population history of the village from 2007 to 2023: References {{Yüksekova District Villages in Yüksekova District Kurdish settlements in Hakkâri Province ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bağdaş, Yüksekova
Bağdaş () is a village in Yüksekova District in Hakkâri Province in Turkey. The village is populated by Kurds of the Pinyanişî tribe and had a population of 979 in 2023. The four 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 ... of Ericik (), Gedikli (), Kayakonak () and Tatlıcak () are attached to Bağdaş. Population Population history from 1997 to 2023: References {{Yüksekova District Villages in Yüksekova District Kurdish settlements in Hakkâri Province ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aşağıuluyol, Yüksekova
Aşağıuluyol () is a village in Yüksekova District in Hakkâri Province in Turkey. The village is populated by Kurds Kurds (), or the Kurdish people, are an Iranian peoples, Iranic ethnic group from West Asia. They are indigenous to Kurdistan, which is a geographic region spanning southeastern Turkey, northwestern Iran, northern Iraq, and northeastern Syri ... of the Dirî tribe and had a population of 769 in 2023. Population Population history from 2007 to 2023: References {{Yüksekova District Villages in Yüksekova District Kurdish settlements in Hakkâri Province ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armutdüzü, Yüksekova
Armutdüzü () is a village in Yüksekova District in Hakkâri Province in Turkey. The village is populated by Kurds of the Pinyanişî tribe and had a population of 418 in 2023. The 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 ... of Aktoprak (), Arpalı (), Damlacık (), Erdal, Erikli (), Korunak (), Şahince (), Yağmurlu () and Yuvalı () are all attached to Armutdüzü. Population Population history from 1997 to 2023: References {{Yüksekova District Villages in Yüksekova District Kurdish settlements in Hakkâri Province ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
