BeÅŸiri District
BeÅŸiri District is a district of the Batman Province of Turkey. Its seat is the town BeÅŸiri.
in the
Batman Province
Batman Province (, ; ) is a province in 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 of Mardin. Its area is 4,477 km2, and its population i ...
of
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 ...
.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 (; ; ) is a province and metropolitan municipality in southeastern Turkey. Its area is 15,101 km2, and its population is 1,804,880 (2022). The provincial capital is the city of Diyarbakır. The Kurdish majority province ...
, it later became a district of Siirt Province 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.
kaza
A kaza (, "judgment" or "jurisdiction") was an administrative divisions of the Ottoman Empire, administrative division of the Ottoman Empire. It is also discussed in English under the names district, subdistrict, and juridical district. Kazas co ...
before the First World War. They spoke Kurdish and had 15 churches and 14 schools. 200
Assyrians
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lived in the town and 4,690 more in 27 surrounding villages. The vast majority of the
Armenians
Armenians (, ) are an ethnic group indigenous to the Armenian highlands of West Asia.Robert Hewsen, Hewsen, Robert H. "The Geography of Armenia" in ''The Armenian People From Ancient to Modern Times Volume I: The Dynastic Periods: From Antiq ...