Derecik District Explained

Type:	district
Derecik District
Province:	Hakkâri
Population Total:	25907
Population As Of:	2023
Leader Name:	Abdulkadir Işık
Area Total Km2:	435

Derecik District is a district in Hakkâri Province in Turkey. The district was created from Şemdinli in 2018 and has four villages.^{[1] [2]} The district had a population of 25,907 in 2023. Its area is 435 km².^[3]

The district is populated by Kurds of the Gerdî tribe with the Begzade tribe present in one village.^{[4] [5]}

It borders the Erbil Governorate of Kurdistan Region in Iraq to the south and the local Gerdî tribe shares closer traditions and customs with the Gerdî Kurds residing on the Iraqi side than the Kurds of Yüksekova and Hakkâri.^[6]

Settlements

The main town of the district is Derecik .

The four villages of the district:

1. Anadağ
2. Gelişen
3. Ortaklar
4. Ulaşan
5. Uslu

The sixteen hamlets of the district:^[7]

1. Adıgüzel
2. Akören
3. Aralık
4. Bağlıca
5. Beğendik
6. Beşikağaç
7. Bölek
8. Gökçetaş
9. Karakoç
10. Koryürek
11. Kütüklu
12. Mordağ
13. Ormancık
14. Örencık
15. Suçıktı
16. Taşlıçay
17. Toklu
18. Yeşilova

Population

Population history of the district from 2018 to 2023:^[8]

Notes and References

1. News: 29 November 2018 . Hakkari Valisi Akbıyık, yeni ilçe olan Derecik'i ziyaret etti . tr . . 1 October 2022.
2. Web site: Türkiye Mülki İdare Bölümleri Envanteri . 19 December 2022 . T.C. İçişleri Bakanlığı . tr.
3. Web site: İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri. General Directorate of Mapping. 1 March 2023.
4. Book: Erdost, Muzaffer İlhan . Şemdinli röportajı . Onur Yayınları . 1993 . 292, 306 . tr.
5. Book: Ethnic Groups in the Republic of Turkey . 1989 . Peter Alfred . Andrews . 216–217 . Benninghaus . Rüdiger.
6. Book: Aras, Ramazan . The Wall: The Making and Unmaking of the Turkish-Syrian Border . . 2020 . 125.
7. Web site: Derecik köylerinin Kürtçe, Türkçe ve eski isimleri . 15 December 2022 . Yüksekova Haber . tr.
8. Web site: Population Of SRE-1, SRE-2, Provinces and Districts. . 10 May 2024.