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Şırnak District
Şırnak District (also: ''Merkez'', meaning "central" in Turkish) is a district of the Şırnak Province of Turkey and encompasses the main provincial city of Şırnak. In 2023, the district had a population of 108,699. Its area is 1,701 km2. Settlements Şırnak District contains three beldes, thirty-eight villages of which nineteen are unpopulated and fifty-nine hamlets. Municipalities # Balveren () # Kasrik # Kumçatı () # Şırnak Şırnak () is a city in Şırnak District and the capital of Şırnak Province in Turkey. The Ibrahim Khalil border crossing with Iraq is one of the main links of Turkey to the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. The city is mainly populated by Kurds o ... Villages # Akçay () # Alkemer () # Anılmış () # Araköy () # Atbaşı () # Bağpınar () # Başağaç () # Boyunkaya () # Cevizdüzü () # Çadırlı () # Çakırsöğüt () # Dağkonak () # Dereler () # Geçitboyu () # Görmeç () # Güleşli () # Günedoğmuş () # G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Şırnak
Şırnak () is a city in Şırnak District and the capital of Şırnak Province in Turkey. The Ibrahim Khalil border crossing with Iraq is one of the main links of Turkey to the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. The city is mainly populated by Kurds of the Şirnexî tribe and had a population of 75,932 in 2023. Neighborhoods Şırnak is divided into the twelve neighborhoods of Aşağıhan, Atatürk, Aydınlar, Bahçelievler, Boğaz, Cadırlı, Çavuşhan, Hatipler, Nasırhan, Şafak, Yayla and Yeni. Modern history Kurdish-Turkish conflict 1992 Turkish military operation On 18 August 1992, fighting broke out between Turkish forces and Kurdish separatists of the PKK. 20,000 out of 25,000 residents fled the city during the three days of fighting. While the town was under bombardment, there was no way to get an account of what was happening in the region as journalists were prevented from entering the city centre, which was completely burned down by the Turkish Armed Force ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Güneyçam, Şırnak
Güneyçam () is a village in the central district of Şırnak Province in Turkey. The village is populated by Kurds of the Botikan tribe and had a population of 1,219 in 2021. The hamlets of Bilecik (), İkizdere, Küllüce () and Tahtiyan are attached to Güneyçam. The village was depopulated in the 1990s during 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 .... References {{Şırnak District Kurdish settlements in Şırnak Province Villages in Şırnak District ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Districts Of Şırnak Province
A district is a type of administrative division that in some countries is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions of municipalities, school district, or political district. Etymology The word "district" in English is a loan word from French. It comes from Medieval Latin districtus–"exercising of justice, restraining of offenders". The earliest known English-language usage dates to 1611, in the work of lexicographer Randle Cotgrave. By country or territory Afghanistan In Afghanistan, a district (Persian ) is a subdivision of a province. There are almost 400 districts in the country. Australia Electoral districts are used in state elections. Districts were also used in several states as cadastral units for land titles. Some were used as squatting districts. New South Wales had several different types of districts used in the 21st centur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kuşkonar And Koçağılı Massacre
The Kuşkonar and Koçağılı massacre (, ) is the name given to the 26 March 1994 massacre in which 38 Kurdish villagers were killed and the villages of Koçağılı and Kuşkonar near the province of Şırnak were destroyed as a result of the Turkish Armed Forces' heavy bombardment. The families of victims who appealed to the Turkish court weren't convinced from the court decision that the PKK was responsible for the massacre. They appealed to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) and the investigations revealed that in spite of Turkey's claims there were no clashes in the area. Turkey was condemned for killing Kurdish civilians and the ECHR ordered Turkey to pay 2.3 million euros to the families of victims. Incident The incident took place at the villages of Koçağılı and Kuşkonar, Sirnak Province, in the morning of 26 March 1994 whilst most male residents of both villages were working in the fields outside the villages. Villagers heard aircraft flying nearby at arou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turkish Statistical Institute
Turkish Statistical Institute (commonly known as TurkStat; or TÜİK) is the Turkish government agency commissioned with producing official statistics on Turkey, its population, resources, economy, society, and culture. It was founded in 1926 and headquartered in Ankara. Formerly named as the State Institute of Statistics (Devlet İstatistik Enstitüsü (DİE)), the institute was renamed as the Turkish Statistical Institute on November 18, 2005. See also * List of Turkish provinces by life expectancy References External linksOfficial website of the institute National statistical services Statistical Statistics (from German language, German: ', "description of a State (polity), state, a country") is the discipline that concerns the collection, organization, analysis, interpretation, and presentation of data. In applying statistics to a s ... Organizations established in 1926 Organizations based in Ankara {{Sci-org-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoğurtçular, Şırnak
Yoğurtçular () is a village in the central district of Şırnak Province in Turkey. The village is populated by Kurds of the Şirnexî tribe and had a population of 700 in 2021. The 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 Gözlüce (), Ortaklar and Özveren () are attached to Yoğurtçular. References {{Şırnak District Kurdish settlements in Şırnak Province Villages in Şırnak District ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yeniaslanbaşar, Şırnak
Yeniaslanbaşar () is a village in the central district of Şırnak Province in Turkey. The village is populated by Kurds of the Botikan tribe and had a population of 2,975 in 2021. The six 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 Ballıca, Oğlakçı, Samanlık, Türkmen, Uzakçay and Üveyik are attached to Yeniaslanbaşar. References Kurdish settlements in Şırnak Province Villages in Şırnak District {{DEFAULTSORT:Yeniaslanbaşar, Şırnak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toptepe, Şırnak
Toptepe () is a village in the central district of Şırnak Province in Turkey. The village is populated by Kurds of the Botikan tribe and had a population of 1,219 in 2021. The hamlets of Çobanbey and Çukurhan are attached to Toptepe. The village was depopulated in the 1990s during 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 .... References {{Şırnak District Kurdish settlements in Şırnak Province Villages in Şırnak District ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Körüklükaya, Şırnak
Körüklükaya () is a village in the central district of Şırnak Province in 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 .... The village had a population of 28 in 2021. References {{Şırnak District Kurdish settlements in Şırnak Province Villages in Şırnak District ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Koçbeyi, Şırnak
Akçay () is a village in the central district of Şırnak Province in Turkey. The village is populated by Kurds of the Botikan tribe and had a population of 1,336 in 2021. The three hamlets of Bürücek, Durmuşlu and Sarıyar are attached to Koçbeyi. The village was depopulated in the 1990s during 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 .... References {{Şırnak District Kurdish settlements in Şırnak Province Villages in Şırnak District ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kızılsu, Şırnak
Kızılsu () is a village in the central district of Şırnak Province in Turkey. The village is populated by Kurds of the Botikan tribe and had a population of 2,671 in 2023. The two hamlets of Karınca and Soluklu are attached to Kızılsu. The village was depopulated in the 1990s during 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 .... Population References {{Şırnak District Kurdish settlements in Şırnak Province Villages in Şırnak District ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kırkkuyu, Şırnak
Kırkkuyu () is a village in the central district of Şırnak Province in Turkey. The village is populated by Kurds of the Dêrşewî tribe and had a population of 105 in 2021. The hamlets of Sucular and Şişli are attached to Kırkkuyu. The village was depopulated in the 1990s during 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 .... References {{Şırnak District Kurdish settlements in Şırnak Province Villages in Şırnak District ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
