Beşiri ( ku, Qubînê)
is a town and seat of the
Beşiri District
Beşiri District is a district of the Batman Province of Turkey. Its seat is the town Beşiri.[ ...]
in the
Batman Province
Batman Province ( tr, , ku, Parêzgeha Êlihê) is a province in the Southeast Anatolia Region of Turkey. It was created in May 1990 with the Law No. 3647 taking some parts from the eastern Province of Siirt and some from the southern Province o ...
of
Turkey
Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...
.
[İlçe Belediyesi]
Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 30 January 2023. Its population is 11,120 (2021).
It was originally a village of
Diyarbakır Province
Diyarbakır Province ( tr, Diyarbakır ili, Zazaki: Suke Diyarbekır ku, Parêzgeha Amedê) is a Provinces of Turkey, province in southeastern Turkey. The province covers an area of 15,355 km2 and its population is 1,528,958. The provincia ...
, it later became a district of
Siirt Province
Siirt Province, ( tr, , ku, Parêzgeha Sêrtê) is a province of Turkey, located in the southeast. The province borders Bitlis to the north, Batman to the west, Mardin to the southwest, Şırnak to the south, and Van to the east. It has an ar ...
and finally in 1990 a district of Batman. The mayor is Sait Karabulut (
AKP), elected in 2019.
The town is divided into the neighborhoods of Bağdu, Behrem, Cumhuriyet (), Kobin, Mehmet Yatkın and Milli Egemenlik.
Notable residents
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İsmail Özden
References
Populated places in Batman Province
District municipalities in Turkey
Beşiri District
Kurdish settlements in Batman Province
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