Dicle Explained

Type:	metro district
Dicle
Coordinates:	38.375°N 40.0733°W
Province:	Diyarbakır
Leader Party:	HDP
Leader Name:	Felat Aygören
Area Total Km2:	738
Population Total:	36114
Population As Of:	2022
Postal Code:	21830
Area Code:	0412

Dicle (Kurdish: Pîran,^[1] Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928);: پيران^[2]) is a municipality and district of Diyarbakır Province, Turkey.^[3] Its area is 738 km²,^[4] and its population is 36,114 (2022).^[5] It is populated by Kurds.

The Mayor is Felat Aygören from the HDP.^[6]

Dicle is the Kurdish and Turkish name of the Tigris river, which runs through the district and gave its name to it. The name derives from tighri- (arrow) from Avestan^[7] and cognate with "tîj, tîr" (sharp, arrow) in Kurdish^{[8] [9]} and tigra- (sharp, pointed) in Old Persian. Some claim that it derives from through Akkadian Idiqlat from the original Sumerian name for the river, Idigna.

Composition

There are 48 neighbourhoods in Dicle District:^[10]

• 15 Temmuz
• Acar
• Altayköy
• Arıköy
• Bademli
• Bağlarbaşı
• Bahçedere
• Bahçeköy
• Baltacı
• Başköy
• Baturköy
• Biçer
• Boğaz
• Boğazköy
• Bozaba
• Çavlı
• Çelebi
• Dedeköy
• Değirmenli
• Döğer
• Durabeyli
• Gelincik
• Gölbaşı
• Gündoğdu
• Kaygısız
• Kayıköy
• Kelekçi
• Kırklar
• Kırkpınar
• Kocaalan
• Koruköy
• Kurşunlu
• Kurudere
• Meydanköy
• Pekmezciler
• Pınar
• Sergenli
• Süsümlü
• Taşağıl
• Tepe
• Tepebaşı
• Uğrak
• Ulubaş
• Uluçeşme
• Üzümlü
• Yeşilsırt
• Yeşiltepe
• Yokuşlu

Notes and References

1. Malmîsanij . Mehemed . Mehemed Malmîsanij . 1988 . Pîro . Baran . Şêxbizinî . Bazı yörelerde Dımıli ve Kurmanci lehçelerinin köylere göre dağılımı . Berhem . tr . 2 . 17 . 1100-0910.
2. Tahir Sezen, Osmanlı Yer Adları (Alfabetik Sırayla), T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, Yayın Nu 21, Ankara, p. 407.
3. https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi
4. Web site: İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri. General Directorate of Mapping. 12 July 2023.
5. Web site: Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports. 12 July 2023. TÜİK. en. XLS.
6. Web site: Diyarbakır Dicle Seçim Sonuçları - 31 Mart 2019 Yerel Seçimleri. www.sabah.com.tr. 2019-09-12.
7. Web site: Etymology of Tigris. Etymonline.com. 2023-01-09.
8. Web site: Tîj in English. Glosbe.com. 2023-01-09.
9. Web site: Tîr in English. Glosbe.com. 2023-01-09.
10. https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx Mahalle