Bilekkaya
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| Basic data | ||||
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| Province (il) : | Bing oil | |||
| District ( ilçe ) : | Yayladere | |||
| Coordinates : | 39 ° 11 ' N , 40 ° 12' E | |||
| Residents : | 19 (2018) | |||
| Telephone code : | (+90) 426 | |||
| Postal code : | 12 652 | |||
| License plate : | 12 | |||
| Structure and administration (as of 2019) | ||||
| Muhtar : | Mehmet Nedİr | |||
Bilekkaya ( Kurdish Hergep ) is a Kurdish village in the Yayladere district of the Turkish province of Bingöl . Bilekkaya is located on the northern bank of the Özlüce Reservoir . The distance to Yayladere is 18 km.
Hergep is listed as a non-Muslim village in Ottoman documents from the 16th century. At the beginning of the Armenian genocide , several Armenian families lived in Bilekkaya, whose fate is unknown.
In 1967 there were 312 people in Bilekkaya, and in 1990 35 people lived there. In 2008 the lowest number of inhabitants was documented: 8; 2011 with 19 the highest. According to the population statistics, Bilekkaya had 18 inhabitants in 2010.
The original name is Hergep. This is still used by the local population. The name is recorded in the land register.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Türkiye Nüfusu İl ilçe Mahalle Köy Nüfusları , accessed on May 24, 2019
- ^ Yunus Koç: XVI. Yüzyılın İlk Yarısında Kiğı Sancağı'nda İskan ve Toplumsal Yapı ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as broken. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 388 kB)
- ^ Bingöl 1967 İl Yıllığı, p. 18
- ↑ Forced Evacuations, p. 73 ( Memento from January 20, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 4.9 MB)
- ↑ Information according to www.yerelnet.org.tr
- ↑ www.e-tkbm.gov.tr ( Memento from January 7, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
Web links
Village website ( Memento from February 8, 2011 in the web archive archive.today )
