Ayranlı (Kurdish: Bêdaw)[2] is a depopulated village in the Şemdinli District in Hakkâri Province in Turkey, on the border with Iraq.[3][4] The village was previously populated by Kurds of the Herkî tribe.[5] The hamlet of Üzümkıran (Dêhî) is attached to the village.[2][3]
Ayranlı | |
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  Ayranlı Location in Turkey | |
| Coordinates: 37°16′16″N 44°14′20″E / 37.271°N 44.239°E | |
| Country | Turkey |
| Province | Hakkâri |
| District | Şemdinli |
| Population (1997)[1] | 0 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (TRT) |
History
editThe village had a population of 794 in 1967 but was evacuated and burned in 1993 by the state, during the Kurdish–Turkish conflict.[6] At the 1997 census, it had no population.[1] Destroyed homes were remade into five police stations and, as of 2022, the local population were still prevented from returning to the village.[7]
References
edit- ^ a b "1997 Population Count" (PDF) (in Turkish). Turkish Statistical Institute. 1999. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 October 2022.
- ^ a b "Şemdinli köylerinin Kürtçe, Türkçe ve Eski isimleri". Yüksekova Haber (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 12 April 2024. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
- ^ a b "Türkiye Mülki İdare Bölümleri Envanteri". T.C. İçişleri Bakanlığı (in Turkish). Retrieved 19 December 2022.
- ^ Peter Alfred, Andrews; Benninghaus, Rüdiger, eds. (1989). Ethnic Groups in the Republic of Turkey. p. 216.
- ^ Erdost, Muzaffer İlhan (1993). Şemdinli röportajı (in Turkish). Onur Yayınları. p. 306.
- ^ Hakkâri il yıllığı, 1967 (in Turkish). Gürsoy Matbaacılık Sanayi. 1972. p. 50.
- ^ "She longs for her village for 30 years". Jinha. 23 September 2022. Retrieved 12 February 2023.