Beşiri 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 Beşiri.İlçe Belediyesi
Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 30 January 2023. Its area is 809 km², and the district had a population of 30,928 in 2021.

Yazidi presence

Beşiri 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

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in Beşiri District: * Beşiri * 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 Beşiri District: * Alaca * Asmadere * Atbağı * Ayrancı * Bahçeli * Başarı * Beşpınar * Beyçayırı * Bilek * Çakıllı * Çavuşbayırı * Çığırlı * Dağyolu * Danalı * Dayılar * Değirmenüstü * Deveboynu * Doğankavak * Doğanpazarı * Durucak * Esence * Eskihamur * Güvercinlik * İkiyaka * Ilıca * İnpınar * Işıkveren * Karatepe * Kaşüstü * Kayatepe * Kumçay * Kumgeçit * Kurukavak * Kuşçukuru * Kütüklü * Oğuz * Örmegöze * Otluca * Samanlı * Tekağaç * Tepecik * Uğurca * Üçkuyular * Yakacık * Yalınca * Yalınkavak * Yarımtaş * Yazıhan * Yenipınar * Yeniyol * Yeşiloba * Yolkonak * Yontukyazı The district encompasses fifty

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.Bağlı
Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 3 February 2023.

References

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