Derecik, Hakkâri Explained

Type:	municipality
Derecik
Province:	Hakkâri
District:	Derecik
Population Total:	13220
Population As Of:	2023

Derecik is a municipality (belde) and the seat of Derecik District in Hakkâri Province of Turkey.^[1] It is populated by Kurds of the Gerdî tribe and had a population of 13,220 in 2023.^[2]

The municipality was depopulated in the 1990s during the Kurdish–Turkish conflict.^[3]

Neighborhoods

Derecik municipality is divided into the nine quarters of Merkez, Balkaya, Güney, Hacıbey, Orta, Üçyan, Gürmeşe, Rize and Vapurtepe.

Population

Population history of the municipality from 1997 to 2022:^{[4] [5]}

Politics

AKP candidate Ekrem Çetinkaya won the mayorship in the 2019 local elections with of the vote.^[6]

References

1. Web site: Türkiye Mülki İdare Bölümleri Envanteri . 19 December 2022 . T.C. İçişleri Bakanlığı . tr.
2. Book: Erdost, Muzaffer İlhan . Şemdinli röportajı . Onur Yayınları . 1993 . 292 . tr.
3. Web site: November 1992 . The situation in Turkish Kurdistan . 1 March 2023 . . 26.
4. Web site: 1997 Population Count . 1999 . . Turkish . https://web.archive.org/web/20221030113057/https://kutuphane.tuik.gov.tr/pdf/0014235.pdf . 30 October 2022 . live .
5. Web site: Population Of Municipalities, Villages And Quarters. . 10 May 2024.
6. Web site: Belediye başkanlığı seçimleri . 25 February 2023 . Sandık Sonuçları ve Tutanaklar . tr.