BeÅŸiri District is a
district
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 county, counties, several municipality, municip ...
of 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. Its seat is the town
BeÅŸiri.
[İlçe Belediyesi]
Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 30 January 2023. Its area is 809 km
2, and the district had a population of 30,928 in 2021.
Yazidi presence
BeÅŸiri once had large
Kurdish Yazidi population, in villages like
Kurukavak (Hamdûna) and
Uğrak (Texeriyê), only a couple of Yazidi families remain today. However, elsewhere, in
Yolveren (Çinêra), Oğuz (Şimzê) and
Üçkuyular (Faqîra), some families have returned from diaspora to settle again. These families, have constructed a social and traditional condolence house in Üçkuyular village, with support from the diaspora community in Europe. Villagers and the neighbouring villages use the building as a community place, where they do weddings, funerals and other occasions, as well as prayers. The diaspora
Yezidis that funded the house usually have vacation there in the summer. The purpose of this house, which has four rooms, a kitchen and a prayer room, is to help preserve Yazidi presence, culture and traditions in the area.
Composition
There are two
municipalities
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality' ...
in BeÅŸiri District:
[
* BeÅŸiri
* İkiköprü
There are 53 ]villages
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 village ...
in BeÅŸiri District:
* Alaca
* Asmadere
* Atbağı
* Ayrancı
* Bahçeli
* Başarı
* Beşpınar
* Beyçayırı
* Bilek
* Çakıllı
* Çavuşbayırı
* Çığırlı
* DaÄŸyolu
* Danalı
* Dayılar
* Değirmenüstü
* Deveboynu
* DoÄŸankavak
* Doğanpazarı
* Durucak
* Esence
* Eskihamur
* Güvercinlik
* İkiyaka
* Ilıca
* İnpınar
* Işıkveren
* Karatepe
* Kaşüstü
* Kayatepe
* Kumçay
* Kumgeçit
* Kurukavak
* Kuşçukuru
* Kütüklü
* OÄŸuz
* Örmegöze
* Otluca
* Samanlı
* Tekağaç
* Tepecik
* UÄŸurca
* Üçkuyular
* Yakacık
* Yalınca
* Yalınkavak
* Yarımtaş
* Yazıhan
* Yenipınar
* Yeniyol
* YeÅŸiloba
* Yolkonak
* Yontukyazı
The district encompasses fifty 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 ...
.Bağlı
Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Besiri District
Districts of Batman Province
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