Derecik () is a village in

Muş District Muş District (also: ''Merkez'', meaning "central" in Turkish) is a district of the Muş Province of Turkey. Its seat is the city of Muş.

Muş Province Muş Province (; ; ) is a Provinces of Turkey, province in the east Anatolia region of Turkey (Türkiye). Its area is 8,718 km2, and its population is 399,202 (2022), down from 453,654 in 2000. The provincial capital is the city of Muş. Ano ...

, eastern

Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...

. Its population is 605 (2022). Derecik is located 13 km away from Mus township. There is a primary school in the village, a mosque, drinking water network, electricity and landline telephone. 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 ...

History

Name

The

Armenian Armenian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Armenia, a country in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia * Armenians, the national people of Armenia, or people of Armenian descent ** Armenian diaspora, Armenian communities around the ...

name for the village was Havadarig or Havadorik not Derecik.

Population

In 1890, the

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recorded one church and 90 Armenian households in the village, as well as 160 Kurdish households with similar numbers recorded in 1902. The church records state 120 Armenian households in 1910 and on the eve of the genocide 165 households.

References

Villages in Muş District Kurdish settlements in Muş Province {{Muş-geo-stub