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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 119,194 people in 2021. 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 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 Soane visisted 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 villages were subsequently populated by Kurds. In 1936, the name of the district was Turkified to . Settlements Bel ...
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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 Nestorian. History The village of Adaklı was previously Nestorian until Sayfo The Sayfo or the Seyfo (; see below), also known as the Assyrian genocide, was the mass slaughter and deportation of Assyrian / Syriac Christians in southeastern Anatolia and Persia's Azerbaijan province by Ottoman forces and some Kurdish t ... 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 Turkey ...
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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 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 present day with the curr .... 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 ...
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Beşbulak, Yüksekova
Beşbulak (, ) is a neighborhood in Yüksekova in Yüksekova District of Hakkâri Province in Turkey. It is populated by Kurds of the Dirî tribe and had a population of 575 in 2023. Beşbulak was a village until 2023. History The village was populated by 13 Assyrian Assyrian may refer to: * Assyrian people, the indigenous ethnic group of Mesopotamia. * Assyria, a major Mesopotamian kingdom and empire. ** Early Assyrian Period ** Old Assyrian Period ** Middle Assyrian Empire ** Neo-Assyrian Empire * Assyrian ... families in 1850 and 5 families in 1877. Population Population history of the village from 2014 to 2023: References {{Reflist Neighbourhoods of Yüksekova Kurdish settlements in Hakkâri Province Historic Assyrian communities in Turkey ...
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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 of Çakmak () is attached to the village. History The village was populated by 16 Assyrian Assyrian may refer to: * Assyrian people, the indigenous ethnic group of Mesopotamia. * Assyria, a major Mesopotamian kingdom and empire. ** Early Assyrian Period ** Old Assyrian Period ** Middle Assyrian Empire ** Neo-Assyrian Empire * 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 Turkey ...
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Bataklık, Yüksekova
Bataklık () is a village in Yüksekova District in Hakkâri Province in Turkey. The village is populated by Kurds ug:كۇردلار Kurds ( ku, کورد ,Kurd, italic=yes, rtl=yes) or Kurdish people are an Iranian ethnic group native to the mountainous region of Kurdistan in Western Asia, which spans southeastern Turkey, northwestern Iran, northern Ira ... 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 ...
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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. Its size relative to a parish can depend on the administration and region. A hamlet may be considered to be a smaller settlement or subdivision or satellite entity to a lar ... 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 ...
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Aşağıuluyol, Yüksekova
Aşağıuluyol () is a village in Yüksekova District in Hakkâri Province in Turkey. The village is populated by Kurds ug:كۇردلار Kurds ( ku, کورد ,Kurd, italic=yes, rtl=yes) or Kurdish people are an Iranian ethnic group native to the mountainous region of Kurdistan in Western Asia, which spans southeastern Turkey, northwestern Iran, northern Ira ... 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 ...
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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. Its size relative to a parish can depend on the administration and region. A hamlet may be considered to be a smaller settlement or subdivision or satellite entity to a lar ... 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 ...
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Altınoluk, Yüksekova
Altınoluk () is a neighborhood in Yüksekova in Yüksekova District of Hakkâri Province in Turkey. It is populated by Kurds ug:كۇردلار Kurds ( ku, کورد ,Kurd, italic=yes, rtl=yes) or Kurdish people are an Iranian ethnic group native to the mountainous region of Kurdistan in Western Asia, which spans southeastern Turkey, northwestern Iran, northern Ira ... of the Dirî and Kaşuran tribes and had a population of 695 in 2023. Altınoluk was a village until 2023. Population Population history from 1997 to 2023: References {{Reflist Neighbourhoods of Yüksekova Kurdish settlements in Hakkâri Province ...
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Aksu, Yüksekova
Aksu (, ) is a neighborhood to Yüksekova in Yüksekova District of Hakkâri Province in Turkey. It is populated by Kurds of the Pinyanişî tribe and had a population of 576 in 2023. The village is located near Hakkari–Yüksekova Airport. Aksu was a village until 2023. History The village was populated by 15 Assyrian Assyrian may refer to: * Assyrian people, the indigenous ethnic group of Mesopotamia. * Assyria, a major Mesopotamian kingdom and empire. ** Early Assyrian Period ** Old Assyrian Period ** Middle Assyrian Empire ** Neo-Assyrian Empire * Assyrian ... families in 1850 and 20 families in 1877. Population Population history from 2007 to 2023: References {{Reflist Neighbourhoods of Yüksekova Kurdish settlements in Hakkâri Province Historic Assyrian communities in Turkey ...
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Akpınar, Yüksekova
Akpınar () is a village in Yüksekova District in Hakkâri Province in Turkey. The village is populated by Kurds of the Dirî tribe and had a population of 1,231 in 2023. The hamlets A hamlet is a human settlement that is smaller than a town or village. Its size relative to a parish can depend on the administration and region. A hamlet may be considered to be a smaller settlement or subdivision or satellite entity to a lar ... of Altınbaşak (), Beşevler (), Dereiçi (), Duranlar (), Kuleli (), Okçular and Ovaiçi () are attached to it. Population Population history from 1997 to 2023: References {{Yüksekova District Villages in Yüksekova District Kurdish settlements in Hakkâri Province ...
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