Beşiri Explained

Type:Municipality
Beşiri
Province:Batman
District:Beşiri
Population Total:11120
Population As Of:2021
Leader Party:AKP
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Sait Karabulut

Beşiri (Kurdish: Qubînê,[1] Armenian: Բշերիկ|translit=Bsherik, Chernik) is a town and seat of the Beşiri District in the Batman Province of Turkey.[2] Its population is 11,120 (2021).[3] 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.[4]

The town is divided into the neighborhoods of Bağdu, Behrem, Cumhuriyet, Kobin, Mehmet Yatkın and Milli Egemenlik.

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.[5] 200 Syriacs lived in the town and 4,690 more in 27 surrounding villages.[5] The vast majority of the Armenians and Syriacs were massacred during the late Ottoman genocides.[5]

Notable residents

Notes and References

  1. Book: Avcıkıran . 2009 . 56 . tr, ku .
  2. https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx İlçe Belediyesi
  3. Web site: Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2021. 30 January 2023. TÜİK. tr . XLS.
  4. Web site: Batman Beşiri Belediye Başkanı Sait Karabulut AKP'ye katıldı. 15 August 2022. T24.
  5. Web site: Kaza Beşiri / Բշերիկ - Bsherik / Չերնիկ - Chernik / Beth Shyreh (Bšērīye) - ܝܬܫܝܪ̈ܐ (ܒܫܝܪܝܗ) . 2023-09-18 . Virtual Genocide Memorial . en-US.