Eskikavak
| Eskikavak | ||||
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| Basic data | ||||
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| Province (il) : | Bing oil | |||
| District ( ilçe ) : | Kiğı | |||
| Coordinates : | 39 ° 17 ' N , 40 ° 24' E | |||
| Height : | 1418 m | |||
| Residents : | 82 (2018) | |||
| Telephone code : | (+90) 426 | |||
| Postal code : | 12 802 | |||
| License plate : | 12 | |||
| Structure and administration (as of 2019) | ||||
| Muhtar : | Zeynel Edeş | |||
Eskikavak ( Turkish for old poplar ) (Kurd. Arik ) is a village in the district of Kiğı , the Turkish province of Bingöl . It is about 10 km southeast of the district capital and 10 km west of Arik Dağı. Eskikavak is an originally Armenian village. Before the Armenian genocide, 1,165 people in 170 households lived there. Ruins of an old church still stand.
In 2009 there were 87 people living in Eskikavak.
A few kilometers west of Eskikavak flows the Peri Çayı , which is dammed further south by the Özlüce dam .
In the 1990s Eskikavak was partially or completely evacuated by the Turkish security forces in the fight against guerrilla fighters of the Kurdistan Workers' Party .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Türkiye Nüfusu İl ilçe Mahalle Köy Nüfusları , accessed on May 25, 2019
- ^ Website of the circle
- ↑ www.report.tuik.gov.tr ( Memento from December 5, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
- ↑ M. v. Bruinessen: Forced evacuations and destruction of villages in Dersim (Tunceli) and Western Bingöl, September-November 1994, Amsterdam, 1995 ( Memento from January 20, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 4.9 MB)
