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Beşiri Latitude and Longitude:

37°55′16″N 41°17′31″E / 37.921°N 41.292°E / 37.921; 41.292
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Beşiri
Beşiri is located in Turkey
Beşiri
Beşiri
Location in Turkey
Coordinates: 37°55′16″N 41°17′31″E / 37.921°N 41.292°E / 37.921; 41.292
Country Turkey
Province Batman
District Beşiri
Government
 • MayorSait Karabulut ( AKP)
Population
 (2021)
11,120
Time zone UTC+3 ( TRT)
Website www.besiri.bel.tr

Beşiri ( Kurdish: Qubînê, [1] Armenian: Բշերիկ, romanizedBsherik, Chernik [2]) is a town and seat of the Beşiri District in the Batman Province of Turkey. [3] Its population is 11,120 (2021). [4] It was originally a village of Diyarbakır 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. [5]

The town is divided into the neighborhoods of Bağdu, Behrem, Cumhuriyet (Texeriyê), Kobin, Mehmet Yatkın and Milli Egemenlik. [3]

Demographics

The Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople recorded 5,038 Armenians in the kaza before the First World War. They spoke Kurdish and had 15 churches and 14 schools. [2] 200 Syriacs lived in the town and 4,690 more in 27 surrounding villages. [2] The vast majority of the Armenians and Syriacs were massacred during the late Ottoman genocides. [2]

Notable residents

References

  1. ^ Avcıkıran, Adem (2009). Kürtçe Anamnez Anamneza bi Kurmancî (in Turkish and Kurdish). p. 56.
  2. ^ a b c d "Kaza Beşiri / Բշերիկ - Bsherik / Չերնիկ - Chernik / Beth Shyreh (Bšērīye) - ܝܬܫܝܪ̈ܐ (ܒܫܝܪܝܗ)". Virtual Genocide Memorial. Retrieved 2023-09-18.
  3. ^ a b İlçe Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  4. ^ "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2021" (XLS) (in Turkish). TÜİK. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  5. ^ "Batman Beşiri Belediye Başkanı Sait Karabulut AKP'ye katıldı". T24. 15 August 2022.