Beşiri

Beşiri
Municipality
Beşiri is located in Turkey
Beşiri
Beşiri
Location in Turkey
Coordinates: 37°55′16″N 41°17′31″E / 37.921°N 41.292°E / 37.921; 41.292
CountryTurkey
ProvinceBatman
DistrictBeşiri
Government
 • MayorSait Karabulut (AKP)
Population
 (2021)
11,120
Time zoneUTC+3 (TRT)
Websitewww.besiri.bel.tr

Beşiri (Kurdish: Qubînê,[1] Armenian: Բշերիկ, romanized: Bsherik, Chernik[2]) is a town and seat of the Beşiri District in the Batman Province of Turkey.[3] Its population is 11,120 (2021).[4] 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.[5]

The town is divided into the neighborhoods of Bağdu, Behrem, Cumhuriyet (Texeriyê), Kobin, Mehmet Yatkın and Milli Egemenlik.[3]

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.[2] 200 Assyrians lived in the town and 4,690 more in 27 surrounding villages.[2] The vast majority of the Armenians and Assyrians were massacred during the Assyrian and Armenian genocides.[2]

Notable residents

References

  1. ^ Avcıkıran, Adem (2009). Kürtçe Anamnez Anamneza bi Kurmancî (in Turkish and Kurdish). p. 56.
  2. ^ a b c d "Kaza Beşiri / Բշերիկ - Bsherik / Չերնիկ - Chernik / Beth Shyreh (Bšērīye) - ܝܬܫܝܪ̈ܐ (ܒܫܝܪܝܗ)". Virtual Genocide Memorial. Retrieved 2023-09-18.
  3. ^ a b İlçe Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  4. ^ "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2021" (XLS) (in Turkish). TÜİK. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  5. ^ "Batman Beşiri Belediye Başkanı Sait Karabulut AKP'ye katıldı". T24. 15 August 2022.


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