Derecik () is a municipality ( belde) and the seat of Derecik District in Hakkâri Province of Turkey. It is populated by Kurds of the Gerdî tribe and had a population of 13,220 in 2023. The municipality was depopulated in the 1990s during the Kurdish–Turkish conflict.

Neighborhoods

Derecik municipality is divided into the nine quarters of Merkez, Balkaya, Güney, Hacıbey, Orta, Üçyan, Gürmeşe, Rize and Vapurtepe.

Population

Population history of the municipality from 1997 to 2022:

AKP candidate Ekrem Çetinkaya won the mayorship in the 2019 local elections with of the vote.