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.
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Dokuztaş |
Gevirgevrik |
Village |
Diyadin |
Ağrı |
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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.
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Duranlar |
Axbizut |
Village |
Kiğı |
Bing oil |
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Edremit |
Ertemêtan |
City and county |
Edremit |
Van |
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Eğlence |
Zînol |
Village |
Midyat |
Mardin |
Zinol is the former name of the village.
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Eğil |
Êgil |
City and county |
Eğil |
Diyarbakır |
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Ekinözü |
Cela |
City and county |
Ekinözü |
Kahramanmaraş |
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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
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Elbeyli |
Eliyê Mentarê |
City and county |
|
Kilis |
The Kurdish name "Eliyê Mentarê" is a variant of the original place name Alimantar.
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Eleşkirt |
Zêdikan, Zêtkan |
City and county |
Eleşkirt |
Ağrı |
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Erciş |
Erdîş |
City and county |
Erciş |
Van |
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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.
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Erentepe |
Lîz |
Village |
Bulanık |
Must |
Liz was the original name of the place.
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Ergani |
Erxenî |
City and county |
Ergani |
Diyarbakır |
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Eruh |
Dih, Dihê |
City and county |
Eruh |
Siirt |
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Erzincan |
Ezirgan |
City and province |
- |
Erzincan |
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Erzurum |
Erzirom |
City and province |
- |
Erzurum |
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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.
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Eskikavak |
Arêg |
Village |
Kiğı |
Bing oil |
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