Village in Hakkari Province, Turkey
Village in Hakkâri, Turkey
Gelişen (Kurdish: Gerdî Şapatan)[2] is a village in Derecik District in Hakkâri Province in Turkey.[3] The village is populated by Kurds of the Gerdî tribe and had a population of 4,134 in 2023.[1][4]
The village has the nine hamlets of Adıgüzel, Aralık (Parewê), Beğendik, Karakoç (Sunê), Koryürek (Bêgijnê), Kütüklu (Zewyarezi), Mordağ (Dêrkê), Suçıktı (Bêlutyan) and Toklu attached to it.[3][5]
History
The village was attached to Şemdinli District before becoming part of the newly-created Derecik District in 2018.[6]
Name
The name Şepatan (Shepātān) may be connected to the word Sciabatan mentioned by Assemani.[7]
Population
Population history of the village from 1997 to 2023:[8][1]
PopulationYear | | |
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1997 | 2,402 | — |
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2007 | 4,061 | +69.1% |
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2012 | 5,679 | +39.8% |
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2017 | 3,988 | −29.8% |
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2022 | 4,122 | +3.4% |
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2023 | 4,134 | +0.3% |
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