Kavuşak, Çukurca

Kavuşak (Kurdish: Bilêcan) is a village in the Çukurca District in Hakkâri Province in Turkey.^[2] The village was depopulated in 1995.^[3][4]

Kavuşak
Village
Kavuşak Location in Turkey
Coordinates: 37°17′24″N 43°44′53″E / 37.290°N 43.748°E / 37.290; 43.748
Country	Turkey
Province	Hakkâri
District	Çukurca
Population  (2022)^[1]	0
Time zone	TRT (UTC+3)

History

The village was populated by Kurds of the Pinyanişî tribe and was the center of the tribe.^[5][6] It was emptied by the Turkish military in 1995, and the locals relocated to Yüksekova.^[4] Entry to the village was subsequently restricted and it became a military post.^[7][8]

Population

Population history from 1965 and 2022.^{[9][10][11][1]}

Population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1965	674	—
1985	833	+1.06%
1997	0	−100.00%
2007	0	0.00%
2022	0	0.00%

References

1. "Address Based Population Registration System Results". Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (in Turkish). Retrieved 15 February 2023.
2. "Türkiye Mülki İdare Bölümleri Envanteri". T.C. İçişleri Bakanlığı (in Turkish). Retrieved 19 December 2022.
3. "Address Based Population Registration System Results". Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (in Turkish). Retrieved 15 February 2023.
4. "Ekmek kefenin ağzında!". Evrensel (in Turkish). 10 April 2012. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
5. Kaplan, Yaşar (2015), "Pınyanış Government", University of Hakkari (in Turkish): 3
6. Peter Alfred, Andrews; Benninghaus, Rüdiger, eds. (1989). Ethnic Groups in the Republic of Turkey. p. 215.
7. "Boşaltılan köylere de muhtar atadılar". Artı Gerçek (in Turkish). 27 October 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
8. "7 ana daha ağladı!". Haber Türk (in Turkish). 21 July 2010. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
9. Genel nüfus sayimi idare bölünüs, il, ilce, bucak ve köy (muhtarlik) nüfúslari. 24.10.65 (in Turkish). 1968. p. 304.
10. Genel nüfus sayımı: Hakkâri (in Turkish). 1987. p. 6.
11. "1997 Population Count" (PDF) (in Turkish). Turkish Statistical Institute. 1999. p. 389. (PDF) from the original on 30 October 2022.