List of Kurdish place names in Turkey / G – L

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
Gaziantep	Dîlok, Entep	City and province	-	Gaziantep	The ancient doliche . The Arabs called Doliche Dulūk. The Kurdish name Dilok is a variant of this. Also on Sorani name of the city also Diluk or Entab.
Geçimli	Ergan	Village	Hozat	Tunceli	The name Ergan is the former name of the village and of Armenian origin
Geçitli	Geylan	Village	Karlıova	Bing oil	The original name is Geylan. This name is registered with the land registry office. The name was changed to Geçitli before 1962.
Geçitli	Peyanis	Town	-	Hakkari	The original name Piyanis refers to the Kurdish tribe of the Pinyaniş.
Geçityaka	Çûçik	Village	Pertek	Tunceli
Gelincik	Erûsek, Ersek	Village	Dicle	Diyarbakır	The name Gelincik ("Little Bride") is the turquoise form of the original name Arusek. Erûs (kurd.) Also means “bride”.
Gelinkaya	Kefirhewar	Locality	Midyat	Mardin
Genç	Dara Hênê, Dara Hêni	City and county	Genç	Bing oil	In the Ottoman Empire, the name was Darahini ( داراهيني)
Gercüş	Kercews	City and county	Gercüş	Batman
Gerger	Alduş	City and county	Gerger	Adıyaman	The current name Gerger is of Armenian origin. Nefsi Gerger the former place name of the village Oymaklı.
Geriş	Gerıse	Village	Nazımiye	Tunceli
Gevaş	Westan	City and county	Gevaş	Van
Girmeli	Girê Mîra, Girê Mîran	Locality	Nusaybin	Mardin
Gogebakan	Kapuzan	Village	Diyadin	Ağrı
Gokce	Evrek	Village	Beytüşşebap	Şırnak	Previous names were Gelyemamhuran and Evrek.
Gokce	Selax	Town	Kızıltepe	Mardin	The original name of the village is Selah or Salah. This name is already documented in the 16th century.
Gökçedal	Deştîl, Deşt	Village	Yayladere	Bing oil	The previous name was Deştîl. This is also registered in this form in the land register.
Gölbaşı	Sergol, Serêgolê and Qereçalik	City and county	Gölbaşı	Adıyaman	Gölbaşı and Serêgolê both mean "head [end] of the lake".
Gölbaşı	Xirbe Haci	Village	Savur	Mardin
Göle	Mêrdînik, Gole	City and county	Göle	Ardahan
Gövdeli	Taxsiyan	Village	Pertek	Tunceli
Gozlüce	Heremreş	Village	Kızıltepe	Mardin	Haramreş is the original name. This name is of Kurdish origin and means "black area".
Gozupek	Korankomu	Village	Diyadin	Ağrı	Before it was renamed Gözüpek, the village was called Korankomu. This name is of Kurdish origin and is registered with the land registry office. Today's Turkish name means "fearless".
Güçlükonak	Base	City and county	Güçlükonak	Şırnak
Gülgöze	Êwert	Village	Midyat	Mardin
Gülveren	Behwar	Village	Midyat	Mardin
Gümüşkanat	Keboran	Village	Mutki	Bitlis	The original name is Keyburan.
Gunbuldu	Maya	Village	Diyadin	Ağrı	Before the name was changed to Günbuldu ("He found the day") the village was called Maya, sometimes also written "Meya". This name is recorded in the form Maya at the land registry office.
Güneşlik	Avtariç	Village	Yayladere	Bing oil	In Ottoman documents of the 16th century, Güneşlik is led under the name Haftariç-i 'Ulya ("Upper Haftariç"). The name Haftariç is still used by the local population. The name is recorded in the land register and was used as an alternative designation in censuses.
Güneyağıl	Cobir, Cibir, Cibirkoy	Village	Kiğı	Bing oil	In Ottoman registers the place was called Ceber-i Kiğı and was listed as "not Muslim" ( gayrimüslim ). The originally Kurdish village name was changed in 1928 by decree of the Interior Ministry. In 2009 the land registry took the name Cibirköy back into the register.
Güneycik	Azge	Village	Nazımiye	Tunceli
Günlüce	Kalmem, Kalman	Village	Nazımiye	Tunceli	In the 1980s, attempts were made to prove the Turkish origin of the Kurdish place name and thus the population.
Günlük	Anzêvîng, Anzevîk	Village	Yayladere	Bing oil	The previous name was Anzevik. This is also registered in the same form in the land register.
Gürdere	Civyan	Village	Yüksekova	Hakkari	Gürdere means "lush brook". The name Civyan is registered with the Land Registry.
Gürmeşe	Badîna	Village	Kızıltepe	Mardin	The original name of the village is Badinan. This name is registered with the land registry.
Güroymak	Norşîn	City and county	Güroymak	Bitlis
Gurpinar	Payizava, Xewasor	City and county	Gurpinar	Van
Gurses	Davudi	abandoned village	Çınar	Diyarbakır	The original name is Davudi.
Gürün	Girîn	City and county	Gürün	Sivas
Güven	Bacin	Village	Midyat	Mardin
Güzelpınar	Hosum	Village	Nazımiye	Tunceli
Güzelsu	Hoşap	Locality	Gurpinar	Van	The castle ruins of Hoşap are well known . The Turkish and Kurdish names have the same meaning: "beautiful water".
Haberli	Basibirin	Village	İdil	Şırnak	The former name of the settlement is Basbirin. The Turoyo name Beth Sbirino comes from the Syrian Beth Sabro , which means house of hope .
Hacılar	Hacıyan	Village	Karlıova	Bing oil	The current name ("pilgrim") is the Turkish form of the original name Haciyan. The latter is recorded as a former name at the land registry office.
Hakkari	Colemêrg	City and province	-	Hakkari	The old forms of the name were Djūlāmerg or Djulamerik
Haktanır	Hop	Village	Yayladere	Bing oil	Hop is the original form of the name. Hop is still listed as an alternative name in the province's 1973 annual report.
Halfeti	Xelfetî	City and county	Halfeti	Şanlıurfa
Hamur	Xamûr, Xemûr	City and county	Hamur	Ağrı
Hanak	Xanek	City and county	Hanak	Ardahan
Hani	Hênê	City and county	Hani	Diyarbakır
Hasankeyf	Heskîf	City and county	Hasankeyf	Batman	The origin of the part of the name “keyf” goes back to the Assyrian “Kifo” (rock). Roman historians called the place Cepha and Ciphas. The Arabs called the place Sabʿat Ag̲h̲wāl, "seven caves". The current name is a deformation of Ḥiṣn Kayfā. Turkish etymologies lead the name back to “Hasan keyfi” (Hasan's pleasure) or “hüsnü keyf” (good mood).
Haskoy	Dêrxas	City and county	Haskoy	Must
Hazro	Hezro	City and county	Hazro	Diyarbakır
Hekimhan	Hekimxan	City and county	Hekimhan	Malatya
Heybeliyurt	Cucan	Village	Diyadin	Ağrı	Before it was renamed Heybeliyurt, the village was called Cücan. This name is still in use and is registered with the land registry office.
Hilvan	Curnê Reş	City and county	Hilvan	Şanlıurfa
Hizan	Xizan	City and county	Hizan	Bitlis
Hınıs	Xinûs, Xinis	City and county	Hınıs	Erzurum
Hozat	Xozat	City and county	Hozat	Tunceli
İçören	Tefê	Village	Savur	Mardin
İdil	Hezex	City and county	İdil	Şırnak	The city was originally called Hazakh [kurd. Hezex].
Iğdır	Îdir	City and province	-	Iğdır
İkizdere	Dibenê	Village	Midyat	Mardin
İlbeyi	Elbeg	Village	Kiğı	Bing oil
İmranlı	Çît	City and county	İmranlı	Sivas
Işıklar	İbrahimiye, Birahîmiyê	Village	Kızıltepe	Mardin	The original name of the village is İbrahimiye. This name is registered with the land registry.
Kadıköy	Kadyan	Village	Yüksekova	Hakkari	The Kurdish name Kadyan is registered with the land registry office.
Kadıköy	Qazîkoy	Village	Kiğı	Bing oil	The name is derived from Kadi (judge) in both languages .
Kahramanmaraş	Gurgum, Mereş	City and province	-	Kahramanmaraş	Maraş is mentioned repeatedly in Assyrian texts as the capital of the Kingdom of Gurgum [according to the Kurdish name].
Kâhta	Colic	City and county	Kahta	Adıyaman
Kale	Qela, Îzolî	City and county	Kale	Malatya
Kalkanlı	Pargesor, Pargasûr	Village	Yayladere	Bing oil	The previous name was Pargesor. This name is also recorded as "Pargasor" in the land register.
Kantarkaya	Aşağı Şorik, Şorika jêrîn or just Şorik	Village	Karlıova	Bing oil	In the list of village names in Ottoman script from the Turkish Ministry of the Interior from 1928 ( Son Teşkilât-ı Mülkiyede Köylerimizin Adları ), the village was called Şorik süfla (“lower Şorik”). The name Aşağışorik (also "lower Şorik") is registered with the land registry.
Kapanca	Setirabat	Village	Diyadin	Ağrı	Before it was renamed Kapanca, the town was called Setirabat. The renaming takes place after 1945. The census of 1945 lists the village with its original name. The former name is also registered with the land registry.
Kapıköy	Heretil	Village	Saray	Van	Heretil was the original place name.
Karabakır	Bargini	Village	Hozat	Tunceli	Bargini was the original name of the village.
Karabey	Serdeşt	Village	Yüksekova	Hakkari	Karabey means black lord . The name Zerdeşt (Zarathustra, Zoroaster) is registered with the land registry.
Karaçoban	Qereçoban	City and county	Karaçoban	Erzurum
Karakoçan	Dep	City and county	Karakoçan	Elazığ
Karaman	Hemziyan	Village	Kızıltepe	Mardin	The original name of the village is Hamziyan. This name is registered with the land registry.
Karayazı	Qereyazî, Qeza or Gogsî	City and county	Karayazı	Erzurum
Karlı	Befircan	Village	Yüksekova	Hakkari	Karlı means snowy or snowy . The Kurdish name Befircan comes from the word “Befir”, which also means “snow”. The name is registered with the land registry office in the form Befrican. This form is also documented in various censuses and two dictionaries of Ottoman place names.
Karlıca	Kırmoçek	Village	Karlıova	Bing oil	The name Kirmaçek is registered with the land registry. The name was changed to Karlıca before 1962.
Karlıova	Kanîreş	City and county	Karlıova	Bing oil	The Turkish name means "snow-covered plain", the Kurdish "black spring".
Kavaklibogaz	Eyndar	Village	Hazro	Diyarbakır
Kayabağ	Axzûnîg	Village	Pertek	Tunceli	The Kurdish place name is of Armenian origin and was also the former place name.
Kayalar	Kefirzût	Village	Midyat	Mardin
Kayatepe	Harisi	Village	Savur	Mardin
Kayaustu	Êdo	Village	Ömerli	Mardin
Kaynak	Ceban, Cevan	Village	Karlıova	Bing oil	The name Ceban is registered as the original name at the land registry.
Kaynarpınar	Liçik	Village	Karlıova	Bing oil	The original name of the village is Liçik. This name is of Armenian origin.
Kemah	Kemax	City and county	Kemah	Erzincan
Kemaliye	Egîn	City and county	Kemaliye	Erzincan	The Kurdish name is the original name. Possibly it goes back to the Armenian word "agn" (spring).
Kesmetepe	Mêmalî	Village	Besni	Adıyaman
Kiğı	Gêxî	City and county	Kiğı	Bing oil
Kırköy	Qir	Village	Yayladere	Bing oil	The previous name was Kır. This name is also recorded in the land register.
Kıraçtepe	Çevligişmen	Village	Karlıova	Bing oil
Kısıklı	Dêlezi	Village	Yüksekova	Hakkari	The place was originally called Dilezi. This name is registered with the land registry office. The renaming took place before 1975. Dilezi is also the name of the pass (2,100 m) on the road to the Iranian border and a mountain with a height of 3,250 m.
Kızılkale	Dirban	Village	Mazgirt	Tunceli
Kızıltepe	Qoser	City and county	Kızıltepe	Mardin	The Kurdish name "Qoser" goes back to Koçhisar, who was called "Kosar" by western chroniclers.
Kocaçoban	Bubu, Bubo	Village	Diyadin	Ağrı	Before it was renamed to Kocaçoban (Turkish: "Great Shepherd"), the village was called Bubo. The name was changed after 1945. The census of 1945 lists the village with its original name. The former name is also registered with the land registry.
Kocakoy	Karaz	City and county	Kocakoy	Diyarbakır
Kocapinar	Emerîn	Village	Cizre	Şırnak
Kolankaya	Kave	Village	Pertek	Tunceli	Kave is the original name of the village.
Kolbaşı	Şavite	Village	Yüksekova	Hakkari	The Turkish name Kolbaşı means leader . The Kurdish name is registered with the land registry.
Konak	Koçanis	-	Hakkari	Hakkari	The earlier name of this Nestorian village was passed down in the forms Qodchanis , Qudshanes , Qudshanis , Kochanes or Koçanis .
Konur	Nixayila	Village	Şemdinli	Hakkari
Köprübaşı	Curnik	Village	Kızıltepe	Mardin	The original name of the village is Curnik. This name is registered with the land registry.
Köprüköy	Avnîk	City and county	Erzurum
Köprücük	Kerpêl	Village	Yüksekova	Hakkari	Köprücük means little bridge . The previous name is Kerpil. This name is registered with the land registry office.
Köprülü	Baqeysê	Village	Savur	Mardin
Corkut	Tîl	City and county	Corkut	Must
Korlu	Şêxan	Village	Yayladere	Bing oil	The original name was Şeyhan. The village population traces this name back to a Sheikh Harun who is said to have lived in the 16th century. The name Şeyhan is also recorded in the land register.
Koşuyolu	Erbil	Village	Savur	Mardin
Köşkönü	Pışkesır	Village	Yüksekova	Hakkari	The Kurdish name Pişkesir is registered with the land registry. The renaming took place before 1967.
Kovancılar	Qowanciyan	City and county	Kovancılar	Elazığ
Kozluk	Hezo	City and county	Kozluk	Batman
Kulp	Passûr	City and county	Kulp	Diyarbakır
Kuluncak	Aywalî, Tirsekan	City and county	Kuluncak	Malatya
Kumçatı	Dergûl	Locality	-	Şırnak	The original place name is Dergül (دركول).
Courtyard	Misirc	City and county	Courtyard	Siirt
Kuşburnu	Canakız	Village	Diyadin	Ağrı	Before it was renamed to Kuşburnu (Turkish rose hip ), the town was called Canakiz. The former name is also registered with the land registry.
Kutluca	Xoştûr, Hacatûr	Village	Kiğı	Bing oil
Küçüküngüt	Ungutmilyanli	Village	Çağlayancerit	Kahramanmaraş
Kürkçü	Kûrcik	Village	Kangal	Sivas	The former name of the village was Kurçik. This name is of Kurdish origin and means "pile of stones". The current Turkish name Kürkçü means furrier .
Lice	Licê	City and county	Lice	Diyarbakır

Web links

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Individual evidence

1. ↑ D. Sourdel: Dulūk . In: Encyclopaedia of Islam . New Edition.
2. ↑ Feryad Fazil Omar: Kurdish-German Dictionary (Soranî) . Berlin 2005, p. 423
3. ↑ ^{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. 
4. ↑ TC İmar ve İskân Bakanlığı, Toprak ve İskân İşleri Genel Müdürlüğü: 1962 Yılı Köy Envanter Etüdlerine Göre Bingöl, Ankara 1963, p. 89
5. ↑ Land register Hakkari ( Memento of the original dated February 3, 2016 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. 
6. ↑ Tahir Sezen: Osmanlı Yer Adları . Ankara 2006, p. 136
7. ↑ Sevan Nişanyan: Adini unutan Ülke. Türkiye'de Adı Değiştirilen Yerler Sözlüğü. Istanbul 2010, p. 290
8. ↑ ^{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. 
9. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Kızıltepe land register ( Memento of the original from December 21, 2015 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. 
10. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} 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. ↑ Mutki land register ( 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. 
12. ^ 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)  
13. ↑ ^{a b} Bingöl 1973 İl Yıllığı, p. 32
14. ↑ Başbakanlık Devlet İstatistik Enstitüsü: Genel Nüfus Sayımı. İdari bölünüş. October 12, 1980. Ankara 1981, p. 47
15. ↑ www.turkiyat.selcuk.edu.tr  ( 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. (PDF; 388 kB)  
16. ↑ 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. 
17. ↑ For example: Mehmet Eröz: Ataturk, Milliyetçilik, Doğu Anadolu . Türk Dünyası Araştırmaları Vakfı 1987, page 276 or Millı̂ Folklor Araştırma Dairesi: Türk Yer Adları Sempozyumu Bildirileri. Ankara 1984, page 49
18. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h} 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. 
19. ↑ Land Register Çınar ( 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. 
20. ↑ Land register Şırnak ( Memento of the original from 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. 
21. ↑ Fr. Taeschner: Čölemerik . In: Encyclopaedia of Islam
22. ↑ S. Ory: Hisn kayfa . In: Encyclopaedia of Islam . New Edition.
23. ↑ Martin van Bruinessen: Agha, Sheikh and State. Berlin 1989, p. 339
24. ↑ E. Honigmann: Marʿash . In: Encyclopaedia of Islam . New Edition.
25. ↑ ^{a b} Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Başbakanlık İstatistics Genel Müdürlüğü: 21 Ekim 1945 Genel Nüfus Sayımı. Volume 1. Hüsnütabiat Basimevi, Ankara 1948, p. 18
26. ↑ Land register Saray ( 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. 
27. ↑ For example: Tahir Sezen: Osmanlı Yer Adları . Ankara 2006, p. 156. Series of publications by the State Archives of the Prime Minister's Office and Nuri Akbayar: Osmanlı Yer Adları Sözlüğü. 2001
28. ↑ TC İmar ve İskân Bakanlığı, Toprak ve İskân İşleri Genel Müdürlüğü: 1962 Yılı Köy Envanter Etüdlerine Göre Bingöl, Ankara 1963, p. 90
29. ↑ Feryad Fazil Omar: Kurdish-German Dictionary (Kurmancî) . Berlin 1992
30. ↑ Tahir Sezen: Osmanlı yer adları. Ankara 2006, p. 340
31. ↑ Besim Darkot: Eǧin . In: Encyclopaedia of Islam . New Edition.
32. ↑ D. Sourdel: Dunaysir . In: Encyclopaedia of Islam . New Edition.
33. ↑ Tahir Sezen: Osmanlı Yer Adları. Ankara 2006, p. 145. Series of publications by the State Archives of the Prime Minister's Office
34. ↑ Sevan Nişanyan: Adini unutan Ülke. Türkiye'de Adı Değiştirilen Yerler Sözlüğü. Istanbul 2010, p. 285