Aktaş, Siirt Explained

Type:	village
Aktaş
Province:	Siirt
District:	Siirt
Population Total:	602
Population As Of:	2021

Aktaş (Armenian: Berhurk; ^[1]) is a village in the Siirt District of Siirt Province in Turkey.^[2] The village is populated by Kurds and had a population of 602 in 2021.^{[3] [4]}

The hamlets of Arpalı, Bakır, Düzlüce and Konaklı are attached to the village.

History

According to the Armenian prelacy survey of 1878, the village was populated by 17 Armenians. In 1902, the village lacked an Armenian population, and in 1913, it was exclusively Muslim-populated with 25 households.^[5] The village was depopulated in the 1990s.

Notes and References

1. Book: Botî, Evdila . Ferhenga Sêrtê . Siirt Belediyesi . 2012 . Istanbul . 68.
2. Web site: Türkiye Mülki İdare Bölümleri Envanteri . 19 December 2022 . T.C. İçişleri Bakanlığı . tr.
3. Web site: 31 ARALIK 2021 TARİHLİ ADRESE DAYALI NÜFUS KAYIT SİSTEMİ (ADNKS) SONUÇLARI . 16 December 2022 . TÜİK . tr . XLS.
4. Book: Sugden, Jonathan . Turkey "still Critical": Prospects in 2005 for Internally Displaced Kurds in Turkey . . 2005 . 17.
5. Web site: Tatoyan . Robert A. . Kaza of Siirt/Sghert – Demography . Houshamadyan . 19 September 2023.