Köprücük

Köprücük
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Basic data
Province (il) :	Hakkari
District ( ilçe ) :	Yüksekova
Coordinates :	37 ° 34 '  N , 44 ° 10'  E Coordinates: 37 ° 34 '15 "  N , 44 ° 9' 51"  E
Height :	1855  m
Residents :	679 (2009)
Telephone code :	(+90)
Postal code :	30300
License plate :	30th
Structure and administration (as of 2010)
Muhtar :	Hamit Taşkın

Köprücük ( Turkish for little bridge ), (Kurd. Kerpêl ) is a village in the Yüksekova district of the Turkish province of Hakkâri . Köprücük is located in southeastern Anatolia at 1855 m above sea level, about 13 km west of Yüksekova. The place is sometimes called Köprücek.

The previous name is Kerpil. This name is registered with the land registry office.

In 2009 the village had 679 inhabitants.

A blood feud between a family from Köprücük and the neighboring village of Ünlüce (Kiyat) claimed two lives and resulted in the residents of Ünlüce no longer using the road through Köprücük to Yüksekova.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ www.e-tkbm.gov.tr ( Memento from November 25, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
2. ↑ www.report.tuik.gov.tr ( Memento from March 7, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
3. ↑ Hakkari: Yüksekova'da Köyl student Yol Yapım Çalışması
4. ↑ Yüksekova'da arazi kavgası: 9 yaralı