List of Kurdish place names in Turkey / A – F

List of Kurdish place names in Turkey  A – F G – L M – R S – Z

Official name	Kurdish name	object	district	province	Background to the names
Acırlı	Dêrizbîn	Village	Midyat	Mardin	Before it was renamed to Acırlı, the village was called Derizbin.
Açıkgüney	Sivgêlik	Village	Kiğı	Bing oil	The former name of the village is Sévgelik or Sergévilik. The place is called Sürgülik on a German military map. The Turkish Ministry of Construction named the alternative name Sivgelik in 1962.
Adaklı	Alekan	Village	Yüksekova	Hakkari	The Kurdish name is the name of the Aşiret of the Alikan.
Adaklı	Azaxpêrt	City and county	Adaklı	Bing oil	Azakpert is the original name Adaklıs. This is of Armenian origin and means "star castle". The renaming from Azakpert to Adaklı took place in 1968.
Adilcevaz	Elcewaz	City and county	Adilcevaz	Bitlis
Adıyaman	Semsûr	City and province	-	Adıyaman	The previous name was Ḥiṣn Manṣūr ("the fortress of Mansur"). The name goes back to the Umayyad commander Manṣūr b. Jawana, who was murdered on the orders of the Abbasid al-Mansur .
Merkez	Navend	district	Merkez	Axsere
Afşin	Avşîn	City and county	Afşin	Kahramanmaraş
Ağaçöven	Gomakoçan	Village	Kiğı	Bing oil	The original name was Hoğaskomları. This name has been registered in the land register since 2009.
Ağın	Axin	city	Ağın	Elazığ
Ağrı	Agirî	city	Ağrı	Ağrı
Ahlat	Xelate	city	Ahlat	Bitlis	The Kurdish name is a variant of the already known name Khilāṭ. The name may be related to the Chalder people who once lived here.
Akalın	Bajerge	Village	Yüksekova	Hakkari	The original name was Bajirge.
Akçadağ	Arxa	City and county	Akçadağ	Malatya
Akçakale	Kaniya Xezalan	City and county	-	Şanlıurfa	The Arabic name of the village is Tell Abyad ( Arabic تل اأبيض).
Akçalı	Kertinis	Village	Yüksekova	Hakkari	The name Kertinis is the original place name. It is also recorded in the land register.
Akçevre	Taphaç	Village	Diyadin	Ağrı	Taphaç is the original name. This was recorded at the land registry office.
Akdemir	Avşeker	Village	Pertek	Tunceli	The Kurdish name of the village "Avşeker" is the original place name. He became Ottoman آب شكر Written from Şeker and means "sugar water".
Akdüven	Faraç	Village	Mazgirt	Tunceli
Akocak	Heleyis	Village	Yüksekova	Hakkari	The original name was Heleis.
Akpınar	Soryan	Village	Yüksekova	Hakkari	Soryan is the original place name. This is also registered with the land registry.
Aksu	Gagewran	Village	Yüksekova	Hakkari
Actual	Bezele	hamlet	Şemdinli	Hakkari
Akyokuş	Xirbê Kermêtê	Village	Ömerli	Mardin	The Kurdish name is a variant of the original name Hirbakermit
Akyolaç	Yezdo	Village	Diyadin	Ağrı	The Kurdish name is also registered in the land register. In the 1945 census, the village was still under the original name of Yezdo.
Akyünlü	Çandur	Village	Mazgirt	Tunceli	The previous place name was Çantur and is of Armenian origin.
Alacakaya	Xulaman, Guleman	City and county	Alacakaya	Elazığ	The original place name is of Kurdish origin and was Guleman.
Alagöz	Baqisyan	Locality	Derik	Mardin	The original name is Tahtabeş. This is also registered in the land register.
Alıçlı	Xirbetewo	Village	Ömerli	Mardin	The original name is Hirbatova.
Alınyazı	Hozavit	Village	Kiğı	Bing oil
Altınkilit	Kurdi	Village	Diyadin	Ağrı	The village was originally called Kurdi ("Kurdish")
Altınoluk	Elwer	Village	Yüksekova	Hakkari
Altıntaş	Kefirzê	Village	Midyat	Mardin	The original Aramaic name was Kfarze.
Anadağ	Bêrux	Village	Şemdinli	Hakkari	The former name of the village was Beruh. This name is derived from Beth Ruhu and is of Aramaic origin.
Andırın	Dêrkolê	City and county	Andırın	Kahramanmaraş
Anıtlı	Hax	Village	Midyat	Mardin	Aramaic village in Tur Abdin
Anıttepe	Xirbeqelaç	Village	Ömerli	Mardin
Aralık	Tezeka	Village	Bismil	Diyarbakır
Arapgir	Arabkîr, Erebgir	City and county	Arapgir	Malatya
Ardahan	Earth dexan	City and province	-	Ardahan
Aricak	Qerebaxan, Mirvan	City and county	Aricak	Elazığ	The previous place name was Mirvan. This is derived from the Kurdish word miran ("gentlemen"). The name "Qerebaxan" is the Kurdish variant of the name of the former administrative unit "Karabegan", which can be traced back to the Aşiret of the same name .
Armutdüzü	Metolanis	Village	Yüksekova	Hakkari	Metolanis is the original name of the settlement. This is registered in the land register and was listed as an alternative name in the censuses ( Genel Nüfus Sayımı ) of 1977 and 1980.
Aşağıdoluca	Aşağı Xarik	Village	Nazımiye	Tunceli
Aşağıgülbahçe	Kurmeş	Village	Pertek	Tunceli	The original name of the village is given by the land registry as "Aşağıkömraş". The author Nişanyan, however, gives the earlier name as Kumreş, which is of Kurdish origin and means "Black Hamlet". The name Kurmeş is used by today's population.
Aşağıserinyer	Xajixa Jêrîn	Village	Kiğı	Bing oil	The Kurdish name exists in different variants. The variant Aşağıgajik is recorded in the land register. The place is also called Gajik'a Jerin or Xajixa Jerin.
Aşağıyağmurlu	Aşağı Sevik	Village	Karlıova	Bing oil	The old name is Aşağı Sevik. This was added to the land register again in 2009. Variants in Kurdish are Sevika Jor and Sêvika Jêrîn.
Aşağıdalören	Aşağıbiligan	Village	Diyadin	Ağrı	The Kurdish place name is recorded in the form Aşağıbiligan at the land registry office.
Aşağıkardeşli	Aşağıkörnevruz	Village	Diyadin	Ağrı	The name of the village was Aşağı Körnavruz in 1945. The 1945 census still lists the village in this form. The form Aşağıkörnevruz is registered with the land registry office.
Aşkale	Ashqela, Ashqele	City and county	Aşkale	Erzurum
Aslanyurdu	Lazwan	Village	Mazgirt	Tunceli
Atadamı	Giridin, Gire Dem	Village	Diyadin	Ağrı	The name form Giridin is registered in the land register.
Atayolu	Öztürkan	Village	Diyadin	Ağrı	Before the renaming to Atayolu ("The way of Ataturk" or "The way of the ancestors") the village was called Öztürkan. This name is recorded at the land registry. Öztürkan is a hybrid of the Turkish "Öztürk" ("real Turk") and the Persian or Kurdish plural suffix "-an". The place is also called "Hısturka".
Aydınlar	Çûx	Village	Yayladere	Bing oil
Ayranlı	Keşkuvan	Village	Nazımiye	Tunceli
Bağdaş	Peranis	Village	Yüksekova	Hakkari	The Kurdish name is used as an alternative name in the 1980 census.
Baglar	Nehri	Village	Şemdinli	Hakkari	The current name of the village of Bağlar means vineyards or gardens . The original name was Nehri. This name is still used and is registered with the land registry.
Bağlarbaşı	Ernas	Village	Midyat	Mardin	Bağlarbaşı means beginning of the vineyards / gardens . The original place name was Arnas. It is registered in this form at the land registry office. The name was changed before 1965.
Bağözü	Tiruva	Village	Dargeçit	Mardin	The original name of the village is Tirvan. This name is of Kurdish origin and originally means "archer"
Bahçesaray	Miks, muksî or muskî	City and county	Bahçesaray	Van
Bakacak	Seyid Hesen	Village	Bismil	Diyarbakır	The previous place name was Seyithasan.
Baklalı	Êmzug, Unguzug	Village	Kiğı	Bing oil	The original name is Üngüzek. The name is recorded in the land register in the form Üngüzük.
Ballıca	Bolciyan	Village	Nazımiye	Tunceli
Balveren	Gundikê Melê	Town		Şırnak	The original name of the village was Gündükmolla, the Turkish version of "Gundike Mele" ("Village of the Mullah").
Bardakçı	Batê	Village	Midyat	Mardin	Bardakçı was called Bati before it was renamed. This name is also registered in the land register and was used as an alternative name in the 1965 census.
Barıştepe	Selhe	Village	Midyat	Mardin	The original name is recorded as Salhi in the land registry.
Başağaç	Siçyan	Village	Savur	Mardin	Başağaç used to be called Siçvan. This form is recorded in the land register and was also used as an alternative designation in the 1965 census.
Baskale	Elbak	City and county	Baskale	Van
Baskoy	Tilqebin	Mahalle	Silopi	Şırnak	Tilkabin is the original name.
Baskavak	Ehmedî	Village	Savur	Mardin
Basyurt	Zaxuran	Village	Midyat	Mardin	The original name is Zahuran.
Batıayaz	Mûran	Village	Yayladere	Bing oil	The Kurdish name was recorded in the land register in the form "Murun".
Batıbeyli	Digits	Village	Diyadin	Ağrı	Before the name was changed to Batıbeyli, the village was called Zifker. This name comes from "zîvker", the Kurdish word for silversmith. The original name is recorded at the land registry office.
Batman	Êlih	City and province	-	Batman
Baykan	Hewel	City and county	Baykan	Siirt	The original name of the place was Koh and from 1949 Havil or Havel. The name common among Kurds is a variant of this.
Bengisu	Batûşê	Village	Savur	Mardin
Beşatlı	Xilxês	Village	Yüksekova	Hakkari	The name of the village Beşatlı means five riders . The former place name is Hulhis and is registered with the land registry.
Beşikkaya	Faf	Village	Ömerli	Mardin
Beşiri	Qubin	City and county	Beşiri	Batman
Beşoluk	Dawalî	Village	Mazgirt	Tunceli
Beytaşı	Delav	Village	Nazımiye	Tunceli
Beytüşşebap	Elkê, Bêşebap	City and county	Beytüşşebap	Şırnak
Beyyurdu	Bêdawê	Village	Şemdinli	Hakkari	The previous name was Bedevi. The current name means "home of the Bey".
Bilekkaya	Hergep	Village	Yayladere	Bing oil	The original name is Hergep. This is still used by the local population. The name is recorded in the land register.
bilge	Zanqirt	Village	Mazıdağı	Mardin	Site of the Mardin massacre
Bing oil	Cebaxçur (Çapakçur), Çewlîg, Çewlik, Çolîg	City and province	-	Bing oil	Çapakçur is the earlier Ottoman name of the sandjak
Birecik	Bêrecûg	City and county	Birecik	Şanlıurfa
Bitlis	Bidlîs, Bedlîs	City and province	-	Bitlis
Boğazköy	Mezrê	Village	Şemdinli	Hakkari	Mezrê is the original place name.
Boncukgöze	Borane	Village	Karlıova	Bing oil	The original name of the village is Boran. This name is registered with the land registry office and was also used as an alternative name in the 1973 census.
Bostancık	Gulort, Glort	Village	Yüksekova	Hakkari	The original name of the village is Golurt or Kulurt. The name Golurt is registered with the land registry office. Kulurt was used as an alternative name in the 1975 and 1980 censuses.
Bostanlı	Panan	Village	Nazımiye	Tunceli
Boyalan	Kürdikan	Village	Diyadin	Ağrı	Before it was renamed Boyalan, the village was called Kürdikan. This is the name of a tribe . This original name is recorded at the land registry office. and was used as an alternative name in the 1965 census.
Bozova	Hewenc, Hewag or Hewenge	City and county	Bozova	Şanlıurfa
Budaklı	Kerşaf	Village	Midyat	Mardin	The original name is registered in the Kurdish form at the land registry.
Bulaklı	Memkan	Village	Yüksekova	Hakkari	The name of the village Bulaklı means with source . The original name Memkan is registered with the land registry office.
Bulanık	Kop	City and county	Bulanık	Must	Kop is one of the earlier names of Bulanık.
Burgulu	Koran	Village	Diyadin	Ağrı	Before the name was changed to Burgulu, the village was called Koran. This name is of Kurdish origin and is registered with the land registry office.
Büvetli	Şikeft	Village	Diyadin	Ağrı	Before the name was changed to Büvetli, the village was called Şikeft. This name is of Kurdish origin and means "cave". It is recorded at the land registry. The name was changed after 1945. In the 1945 census, the village was still under the original name Şikeft.
Büyükçiftlik	Girvate, Xirvata	Village	Yüksekova	Hakkari	The original name Büyükçiftliks was Hirvata. The name was changed between 1933 and 1975
Buyukyurt	Hakis	Village	Nazımiye	Tunceli	The previous name of Büyükyurt is Hakis.
Çağlayancerit	Cirîd	City and county	Çağlayancerit	Kahramanmaraş
Çaldıran	Ebex	City and county	Çaldıran	Van
Çalıkağıl	Maskan-ı Herdif, Herdif	Village	Yayladere	Bing oil	The Kurdish name was recorded in the land register in the form "Meskanıherdif".
Çalpınar	Sîtê	Village	Midyat	Mardin	The original name is Siti.
Çamyurt	Mesken	Village	Midyat	Mardin	The original name is Mesken.
Çatak	Şax	City and county	Çatak	Van
Çatalkaya	Gimek	Village	Yayladere	Bing oil
Çavuşlu	Şorizbeh	Locality	Midyat	Mardin
Çayağzı	Cinnamon	Village	Yayladere	Bing oil	The Kurdish name was recorded in the land register in the form "Zimtek". and used as an alternative name in the 1970 and 1980 censuses.
Çayırlı	Moses, Mans	City and county	Çayırlı	Erzincan
Çebekoğlu	Çêwek	Village	Halfeti	Urfa
Çelikhan	Çêlikan	City and county	Çelikhan	Adıyaman
Çemişgezek	Melkişî	City and county	Çemişgezek	Tunceli
Çermik	Çêrmûg	City and county	Çermik	Diyarbakır
Cevizdere	Kürdemlik	Village	Elazığ	The Kurdish name is the original village name and means "Kurdish property".
Çevrecik	Geran	Village	Nazımiye	Tunceli
Ceylanpınar	Serê Kaniyê	City and county	Ceylanpınar	Şanlıurfa	The Kurdish name and the earlier Arabic name “Raʾs al-ʿAyn” both mean “head of the well”. Today's twin city on the Syrian side is still called Raʾs al-ʿAin .
Çiçektepe	Avang	Village	Kiğı	Bing oil	The original name is of Armenian origin and is Abvank. It is recorded in this form in the land register. Abvank was also used as an alternative name in various censuses.
Cizre	Cizîr, Cizîra Botan	City and county	Cizre	Şırnak
Çıldır	Çildar, Zûrzuna	City and county	Çıldır	Ardahan
Çukurca	Çelê	City and county	Çukurca	Hakkari	The original name was Çal. Çal (kurd.) And çukur (tr.) Both mean “pit”.
Çukurtepe	Hunyan	Village	Karlıova	Bing oil	The original name is Hünyan. This is registered with the land registry and was used as an alternative name in the censuses of 1965 and 1980, for example.
Çüngüş	Çinguş	City and county	Çüngüş	Diyarbakır
Dağlıca	Oremar, Oramar	Village	Yüksekova	Hakkari	The former name of the village was Oramar. This name is possibly of Aramaic origin.
Dalbasan	Seter	Village	Yayladere	Bing oil	The name "Seter" was added to the land register and used as an alternative name in the 1965 and 1980 censuses.
Dallıbahçe	İresi	Village	Nazımiye	Tunceli
Dallıca	Oxas, Xogas	Village	Kiğı	Bing oil	The Kurdish name is recorded in the form Hoğaz at the land registry office.
Dargeçit	Kerboran	City and county	Dargeçit	Mardin
Darıkent	Muxundu	city	Mazgirt	Tunceli	The original name of the village was Muhundu. The origin and meaning of the name are unknown.
Darköprü	Xûrs	Village	Kiğı	Bing oil	Darköprü was already listed under the name of Hurs in Ottoman documents of the 16th century. This name is also recorded in the land register.
Dedebağ	Bagin, Baxin	Village	Mazgirt	Tunceli	The place was originally called Baghin.
Dedebulak	Tujipazar	Village	Diyadin	Ağrı	The original name of the settlement is Tujipazar. This name is also registered in the land register.
Dedeler	Zizan	Village	Yüksekova	Hakkari	Dedeler means grandfathers . The original name Zizan is registered with the land registry.
Demirce	Dızık	Village	Nazımiye	Tunceli
Demirdöş	Tirkân	Village	Kiğı	Bing oil	The Kurdish name is recorded in the form of Tirikan at the land registry office.
Demirkanat	Aqan	Village	Kiğı	Bing oil	Demirkanat was already mentioned in Ottoman documents of the 16th century under the name Uzan Meşhed. This name is also recorded in the land register in the form Uzunmaşat. Both the names Akkan and Uzunmaşat were used as alternative names in the 1970 census.
Derecik	Rubarok	Town	Şemdinli	Hakkari	The former name of the village was Rubaruk. This name is derived from the Kurdish Rûbarik and, like Derecik, means "little stream".
Dereiçi	Qilit	Village	Savur	Mardin
Dereova	Deriye	Village	Nazımiye	Tunceli
Derik	Dêrika Çiyayê Mazî	City and county	Derik	Mardin
Derinçay	Xelîfan	Village	Karlıova	Bing oil	The original name of the village is Halifan. This name is registered with the land registry office. The renaming took place before 1962.
Devecik	Kürük	Village	Karlıova	Bing oil	The original name Kürük is registered with the land registry office. The name was changed before 1962.
Dicle	Pîran	City and county	Dicle	Diyarbakır
Digor	Dîxor	City and county	Digor	Kars
Dikmen	Heserî	Town	Kızıltepe	Mardin	The original name of the village is Heşeri or Heyşeri.
Dilektepe	Minar	Village	Baykan	Siirt	The village had several names before it was renamed. It was called both Minar and Zeligar. The name Minar is still in use today and is registered with the land registry.
Diyadin	Giyadîn	City and county	Diyadin	Ağrı
Diyarbakır	Amed	City and province	-	Diyarbakır	In ancient times the city was called Amida.
Dogansehir	Wêranşar	City and county	Dogansehir	Malatya
Doğançay	Mizîzex	Village	Midyat	Mardin	The original name is Mizizah.
Doganlı	Ertuş	Village	Yüksekova	Hakkari	The Kurdish name of the place is Ertuş. This goes back to the Ertuşi tribe . Ertuş was the Kurdish name Uzunderes (in Çukurca ), the place of origin of the residents of Doğanlıs. The name Ertuş is registered with the land registry.
Dogantaş	Deşt	Village	Nazımiye	Tunceli
Dogubeyazıt	Bazid	City and county	Dogubeyazıt	Ağrı
Dogucak	Çikan	Village	Yayladere	Bing oil	The previous name was Çıkoğlu. This is also registered in this form in the land register. In the 1973 annual report of Bingöl Province, the variants Çıkoğlu and Çikan can be found.
Dokuztaş	Gevirgevrik	Village	Diyadin	Ağrı
Dolunay	Kefsenk	Village	Midyat	Mardin	The original name is registered with the land registry in the form of Kefsenk. The name comes from the Aramaic Kfersenk. "Kfer" means village.
Duranlar	Axbizut	Village	Kiğı	Bing oil
Edremit	Ertemêtan	City and county	Edremit	Van
Eğlence	Zînol	Village	Midyat	Mardin	Zinol is the former name of the village.
Eğil	Êgil	City and county	Eğil	Diyarbakır
Ekinözü	Cela	City and county	Ekinözü	Kahramanmaraş
Elazığ	Eleziz, Xarpet	City and province	-	Elazığ	Eleziz goes back to the earlier Ottoman / Arabic name Mamûretü'l-Azîz and Xarpet to the ancient Harput . The correct earlier name is "Khartpert". According to the Encyclopaedia of Islam, Kharput is a corrupted form . The name was changed to Elazığ on Ataturk's initiative. In November 1937, the Council of Ministers decided to rename it to Elazık and a month later to today's Elazığ
Elbeyli	Eliyê Mentarê	City and county		Kilis	The Kurdish name "Eliyê Mentarê" is a variant of the original place name Alimantar.
Eleşkirt	Zêdikan, Zêtkan	City and county	Eleşkirt	Ağrı
Erciş	Erdîş	City and county	Erciş	Van
Elmakaşı	Poxterîs	Village	Pertek	Tunceli	The original name of the village is given by the land registry as "Puhateris". The author Nişanyan transcribes the previous name as Pohteris. This name is of Armenian origin.
Erentepe	Lîz	Village	Bulanık	Must	Liz was the original name of the place.
Ergani	Erxenî	City and county	Ergani	Diyarbakır
Eruh	Dih, Dihê	City and county	Eruh	Siirt
Erzincan	Ezirgan	City and province	-	Erzincan
Erzurum	Erzirom	City and province	-	Erzurum
Sendere	Bajirge	Town	Yüksekova	Hakkari	The Kurdish name is the historical name. Bajirge comes from the Kurdish word bajer (small town) and means "place of the small town". The name Bajirge is registered with the land registry.
Eskikavak	Arêg	Village	Kiğı	Bing oil

Web links

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Individual evidence

1. ↑ Tahir Sezen: Osmanlı Yer Adları. Ankara 2006, p. 146. Series of publications by the State Archives of the Prime Minister's Office
2. ↑ ^{a b c} T.C. İmar ve İskân Bakanlığı, Toprak ve İskân İşleri Genel Müdürlüğü: 1962 Yılı Köy Envanter Etüdlerine Göre Bingöl, Ankara 1963, p. 90
3. ↑ See Wolf Dieter Hütteroth: Mountain nomads and Yayla farmers in the middle Kurdish Taurus. Marburg, 1959, page 60ff.
4. ↑ www.adakli.gov.tr ( Memento of the original from August 17, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
5. ^ F. Taeschner in Encyclopaedia of Islam, sv ADIYAMAN
6. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h} Kiğı land register ( Memento of the original from January 13, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
7. ^ F. Taeschner in: Encyclopaedia of Islam. New Edition. sv AKHLĀṬ
8. ↑ Sevan Nişanyan : Adini unutan Ülke. Türkiye'de Adı Değiştirilen Yerler Sözlüğü. Istanbul 2010, p. 166
9. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j} Land Register Yüksekova ( Memento of the original from November 25, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
10. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k} Diyadin land register ( Memento of the original from April 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
11. ↑ Tahir Sezen: Osmanlı yer adları. Ankara 2006, p. 4. Series of publications by the State Archives of the Prime Minister's Office
12. ↑ www.e-tkbm.gov.tr ( Memento of the original from December 21, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
13. ↑ ^{a b} İstatistics Genel Müdürlüğü: 21 Ekim 1945 Genel Nüfus Sayımı. Volume 1. Hüsnütabiat Basimevi, 1948, page 18
14. ↑ www.e-tkbm.gov.tr ( Memento of the original from March 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
15. ↑ Sevan Nişanyan: Adini unutan Ülke. Türkiye'de Adı Değiştirilen Yerler Sözlüğü. Istanbul 2010, p. 116
16. ↑ www.e-tkbm.gov.tr ( Memento of the original dated February 22, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
17. ↑ Otto Jastrow: The Mesopotamian-Arabic Qeltu Dialects: Folklore Texts in Eleven Dialects, Volume 2. University of California 1981, page 11
18. ^ David Gaunt: Massacres, Resistance, Protectors: Muslim-christian Relations in Eastern Anatolia During World War I Gorgias Press, 2006, p. 372
19. ↑ ^{a b c} Şemdinli land register ( Memento of the original dated December 8, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
20. ↑ Sevan Nişanyan: Adini unutan Ülke. Türkiye'de Adı Değiştirilen Yerler Sözlüğü. Istanbul 2010, p. 164
21. ^ Dale A. Johnson: Visits of Gertrude Bell to Tur Abdin, 2007, pp. 144 ff.
22. ↑ ^{a b} Land Register Pertek ( Memento of the original from March 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
23. ↑ Sevan Nişanyan: Adını Unutan Ülke .Türkiye'de Adı Değiştirilen Yerler Sözlüğü. Istanbul 2010, p. 321
24. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Karlıova land register ( Memento of the original dated December 7, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
25. ↑ Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Başbakanlık İstatistics Genel Müdürlüğü: 21 Ekim 1945 Genel Nüfus Sayımı. Volume 1. Hüsnütabiat Basımevi, Ankara 1948, p. 18
26. ↑ Başbakanlık Devlet İstatistik Enstitüsü: Genel Nüfus Sayımı. İdari bölünüş. October 12, 1980. Ankara 1981, p. 137
27. ↑ Tahir Sezen: Osmanlı Yer Adları. Ankara 2006, p. 689
28. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j} Midyat land register ( Memento of the original dated February 2, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
29. ↑ www.e-tkbm.gov.tr ( Memento of the original from October 17, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
30. ↑ Sevan Nişanyan: Adini unutan Ülke. Türkiye'de Adı Değiştirilen Yerler Sözlüğü. Istanbul 2010, p. 2225
31. ↑ Sevan Nişanyan: Adini unutan Ülke. Türkiye'de Adı Değiştirilen Yerler Sözlüğü. Istanbul 2010, p. 96
32. ↑ Sevan Nişanyan: Adini unutan Ülke. Türkiye'de Adı Değiştirilen Yerler Sözlüğü. Istanbul 2010, p. 289
33. ↑ www.e-tkbm.gov.tr ( Memento of the original from January 13, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
34. ↑ Sevan Nişanyan: Adini unutan Ülke. Türkiye'de Adı Değiştirilen Yerler Sözlüğü. Istanbul 2010, p. 293
35. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} Yayladere land register ( Memento of the original from January 7, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
36. ↑ TC Devlet Başbakanlık Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü: Osmanlı Yer Adları. Ankara 2006, p. 69
37. ↑ Mehmet Salih Erpolat: ÇAPAKÇUR KANUNNÂMESİ HAKKINDA BİR DEĞERLENDİRME ( Memento of the original from January 6, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
38. ↑ TC Başbakanlık Devlet İstatistik Enstitüsü: Genel Nüfus Sayımı: İdari Bölünüş: İl, İlçe, Bucak ve Köy (Muhtarlık) Nüfusları, October 24, 1965. Ankara 1968, page 37
39. ↑ Bilge Umar: Türkiye'deki Tarihsel Adlar. Istanbul 1993, p. 288a
40. ↑ Tahir Sezen: Osmanlı yer adları. Ankara 2006, p. 98 Series of publications by the State Archives of the Prime Minister's Office
41. ↑ Genel Nüfus Sayımı: İdari Bölünüş: İl, İlçe, Bucak ve Köy (Muhtarlık) Nüfusları, 25.10.1970. Ankara 1973, page 115 and Başbakanlık Devlet İstatistik Enstitüsü: Genel Nüfus Sayımı. İdari bölünüş. October 12, 1980. Ankara 1981, p. 47
42. ↑ Tahir Sezen: Osmanlı Yer Adları. Ankara 2006, p. 115. Series of publications by the State Archives of the Prime Minister's Office
43. ↑ B. Nikitine in: EJ Brill's first Encyclopaedia of Islam, 1913-1936, Volume 2, sv ORĀMĀR
44. ↑ Başbakanlık Devlet İstatistik Enstitüsü: Genel Nüfus Sayımı. İdari bölünüş. October 12, 1980. Ankara 1981, p. 47 and Genel Nüfus Sayımı: İdari Bölünüş: İl, İlçe, Bucak ve Köy (Muhtarlık) Nüfusları, October 24, 1965. Ankara 1968, p. 128
45. ↑ Bilge Umar: Türkiye'deki Tarihsel Adlar. Istanbul 1993, p. 586
46. ↑ ^{a b} Yunus Koç: XVI. Yüzyılın İlk Yarısında Kiğı Sancağı'nda İskan ve Toplumsal Yapı (PDF; 388 kB)  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
47. ↑ Başbakanlık Devlet İstatistik Enstitüsü: Genel Nüfus Sayımı. İdari bölünüş. October 12, 1980. Ankara 1981, p. 46
48. ↑ Sevan Nişanyan: Adini unutan Ülke. Türkiye'de Adı Değiştirilen Yerler Sözlüğü. Istanbul 2010, p. 164
49. ↑ Başbakanlık Devlet İstatistik Enstitüsü: Genel Nüfus Sayımı. İdari Bölünüş, October 12, 1980. Ankara 1981, p. 56
50. ↑ www.e-tkbm.gov.tr ( Memento of the original from January 31, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
51. ^ William Smith: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854)
52. ↑ Cumhuriyetin 50. Yılında Bingöl. Bingöl 1973 İl Yıllığı, Ankara, page 32
53. ↑ Cl. Cahen in: Encyclopaedia of Islam. New Edition. sv KHARTPERT
54. ↑ Türkiye Diyanet Vakfı İslâm Ansiklopedisi, Volume 10, p. 553
55. ↑ Sevan Nişanyan: Adini unutan Ülke. Türkiye'de Adı Değiştirilen Yerler Sözlüğü. Istanbul 2010, p. 322
56. ^ German Archaeological Institute. Branch office Tehran: Archaeological messages from Iran and Turan, Volume 34. Berlin 2006, p. 56
57. ↑ TC Devlet Başbakanlık Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü: Osmanlı Yer Adları. Ankara 2006, p. 567
58. ↑ Bilge Umar: Türkiye'deki Tarihsel Adlar. Istanbul 1993, p. 148