Işıklı, Çukurca

Işıklı
Village
Işıklı is located in Turkey
Işıklı
Işıklı
Location in Turkey
Coordinates: 37°15′22″N 43°42′11″E / 37.256°N 43.703°E / 37.256; 43.703
CountryTurkey
ProvinceHakkâri
DistrictÇukurca
Population
 (1997)[1]
271
Time zoneUTC+3 (TRT)

Işıklı (Kurdish: Ziyaniş;[2] Syriac: Azyānīsh[3]) is a village in the Çukurca District in Hakkâri Province in Turkey.[4] The village has been depopulated since the 1990s.

The hamlet of Güngörmez (Nizar) is attached to the village.[2][4]

History

It was historically considered part of the Pinyānīsh district of the Hakkari region.[3]

The village was populated by Kurds of the Pinyanişî tribe until the Turkish army evacuated the village in the 1990s during the Kurdish–Turkish conflict. The village was subsequently declared a military zone and the locals were forbidden to return.[5][6]

Population

Population history from 1965 until 1997.[7][8][1]

Population
YearPop.±%
1965466—    
1985733+57.3%
1997271−63.0%

References

  1. ^ a b "1997 Population Count" (PDF) (in Turkish). Turkish Statistical Institute. 1999. p. 389. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 October 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Çukurca köylerinin Kürtçe, Türkçe ve eski isimleri" (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 12 March 2023. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
  3. ^ a b Carlson, Thomas A. (2014). "Azyānīsh". Retrieved 26 May 2023.
  4. ^ a b "Türkiye Mülki İdare Bölümleri Envanteri". T.C. İçişleri Bakanlığı (in Turkish). Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  5. ^ Aşiretler raporu (in Turkish). Kaynak Yayınları. 1998. p. 160.
  6. ^ "Çukurca'da ağaç kıyımı" (in Turkish). 30 September 2022. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
  7. ^ Genel nüfus sayimi idare bölünüs, il, ilce, bucak ve köy (muhtarlik) nüfuslari. 24.10.65 (in Turkish). 1968. p. 304.
  8. ^ Genel nüfus sayımı: Hakkâri (in Turkish). 1987. p. 6.