Çobansuyu () is a

village A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...

in the

Bitlis District Bitlis District (also: ''Merkez'', meaning "central") is a district of Bitlis Province of Turkey. Its seat is the city Bitlis.Bitlis Province Bitlis Province (; ; ) is a province of eastern Turkey, located to the west of Lake Van. It takes its name from the central city, Bitlis. Its area is 8,294 km2, and its population is 353,988 (2022). The province is considered part of Western ...

in Turkey. 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 ...

and had a population of 91 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 Akgün and Mutlu are attached to the village.

History

The village was evacuated in 1992 by the Turkish army.

References

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