Official name |
Kurdish name |
object |
district |
province |
Background to the names
|
Sabırtaşı |
Horor |
Village |
Kiğı |
Bing oil |
The original name is Harur. This has been proven for this village since the 16th century at the latest and is also recorded in the land register
|
Sakaören |
Şakaveran |
Village |
Karlıova |
Bing oil |
The name Şakaveran is registered with the land registry office as the original name of the settlement.
|
Salkımlı |
Niziran |
Village |
Yüksekova |
Hakkari |
The previous name is Niziran or Nizran. The form Nizran is registered with the land registry.
|
Samsat |
Semîsad |
City and county |
Samsat |
Adıyaman |
The name goes back to ancient Samosata .
|
Urfa |
Riha |
City and province |
- |
Şanlıurfa |
The Arabs called the city al-Ruhā or al-Ruhāʾ. The name Urfa can only be traced after the Turkish conquest of Anatolia. The derivation of Ur in Chaldea or the Babylonian Erech or Uruk are dubious. The city received the addition Şanlı urfa (glorious Urfa) for its role in the war of liberation .
|
Sarıkamış |
Sarîqamîş, Qamuşan |
City and county |
Sarıkamış |
Kars |
|
Sarıkaya |
Hildeh |
Village |
Midyat |
Mardin |
|
Sarıköy |
Sarê |
Village |
Midyat |
Mardin |
|
Sarıköy |
Ester |
Village |
İdil |
Şırnak |
Other place names are Sare and Gawayto.
|
Sarıkuşak |
Şaruk, Şarug |
Village |
Karlıova |
Bing oil |
The original name is Şarük. This name is registered with the land registry office.
|
Sarıtosun |
Coneg |
Village |
Yayladere, |
Bing oil |
The original name was Cönek. The local population uses the historical name as "Coneg" or "Conag". The name was added to the land register in the form "Cönek".
|
Sarıyayla |
Civarik |
Village |
Nazımiye |
Tunceli |
Civarik is the original place name. The name was changed to Sarıyayla ("Yellow Summer Pasture") after 1960.
|
Sason |
Qabilcewz |
City and county |
Sason |
Batman |
|
Satıcılar |
District |
Village |
Diyadin |
Ağrı |
The original name of Satıcılar (Turkish seller ) is Bezirgân. This name is of Kurdish or Persian origin and means "merchant" in both languages. The name was changed after 1945. The 1945 census still lists the village in the form of district. The name Bezirgan is registered with the land registry office.
|
Savur |
Stewr |
City and county |
Savur |
Mardin |
|
Şemdinli |
Şemzînan |
City and county |
Şemdinli |
Hakkari |
The current Turkish name is the Turkish form of the original name Shamdīnān.
|
Şenkaya |
Bardîz |
City and county |
Şenkaya |
Erzurum |
The renaming from Bardiz to Şenkaya took place after 1966. The Ministry of Village Affairs then listed the town and district under the old name of Bardiz.
|
Şenköy |
Epşê |
Locality |
Midyat |
Mardin |
|
Şenyurt |
Dirbêsî |
Town |
Kızıltepe |
Mardin |
Immediately opposite Şenyurt is the small town of ad-Darbasiyya ( Arabic الدرباسية). The original name of Şenyurt is also Derbesiye. The name was changed after 1960.
|
Serindere |
Şişemzin |
Village |
Yüksekova |
Hakkari |
The name of the village Serindere means cool stream . The name Şişemzin is registered with the Land Registry.
|
Serpmekaya |
Alpîran |
Village |
Karlıova |
Bing oil |
The name Alpiran is registered as the original name at the land registry office.
|
Siirt |
Sêrt |
City and province |
- |
Siirt |
|
Silopi |
Silopiya |
City and county |
Silopi |
Şırnak |
|
Silvan |
Farqîn, Silîvan, Meyafarqîn |
City and county |
Silvan |
Diyarbakır |
The Kurdish name Meyafarqin is of Arabic origin and means "The water of Farqins" ( Miyah Farqin ).
|
Şirvan |
Şêrwan, Kufre |
City and county |
Şirvan |
Siirt |
|
Sivas |
Sêwas |
City and province |
- |
Sivas |
|
Siverek |
Siwêrek, Sêwrege |
City and county |
Siverek |
Şanlıurfa |
|
Sivrice |
Xûx or Xox |
City and county |
Sivrice |
Elazığ |
|
Sırmaçek |
Kejikan, Kejkan |
Village |
Kiğı |
Bing oil |
The original name of the settlement is Kijikan. This is also recorded in the land register.
|
Şırnak |
Şirnex |
City and province |
- |
Şırnak |
|
Soğukpınar |
Gamişan |
Village |
Karlıova |
Bing oil |
The name Gamişan is registered as the original name at the land registry.
|
Solhan |
Bongilan |
City and county |
Solhan |
Bing oil |
|
Söğütlü |
Childrîb |
Locality |
Midyat |
Mardin |
|
Suçatı |
Gerran |
Village |
Karlıova |
Bing oil |
The name Gerran is the original place name.
|
Sudurağı |
Azizan |
Village |
Karlıova |
Bing oil |
The name Azizan is the original name of the village. It is still used by residents and is registered with the land registry.
|
Sürenkök |
Kori |
Village |
Diyadin |
Ağrı |
The name Kori is the original name. This is also recorded as such in the land register.
|
Sürmelikoç |
Çemêzêynê |
Village |
Yayladere |
Bing oil |
The original name was Çemizeyni. The name is also recorded in the land register. The name was changed to the current name in 1967.
|
Sürmelikoç |
Soran |
Village |
Diyadin |
Ağrı |
The original name of Sürmelikoç is Soran. The renaming took place after 1945. The census of 1945 still lists the village in the form Soran. The name Soran is registered with the land registry.
|
Suruç |
Pîrsûs |
City and county |
Suruç |
Şanlıurfa |
|
Susuz |
Cilawûz |
City and county |
Susuz |
Kars |
|
Suüstü |
Şakitan |
Village |
Yüksekova |
Hakkari |
Suüstü means upper water . The Kurdish name Şakitan is registered with the land registry office.
|
Taşbasamak |
Mirzecan |
Village |
Diyadin |
Ağrı |
The original name of Taşbasamak (Turkish stone step ) is Mirzecan. This name is registered with the land registry office.
|
Taşgedik |
Kafsenor |
Village |
Ömerli |
Mardin |
|
Taşlıçay |
Avkevir |
City and county |
Taşlıçay |
Ağrı |
|
Tatvan |
Tetwan, Tûx |
City and county |
Tatvan |
Bitlis |
|
Tekbaş |
Dizvaz |
Village |
Kiğı |
Bing oil |
The village was already listed in Ottoman documents of the 16th century under the name Diz Vars. The form Dizvaz is also recorded in the land register
|
Tekman |
Tattoos |
City and county |
Tekman |
Erzurum |
|
Tillo |
Tillo |
City and county |
Tillo |
Siirt |
Between 1964 and 2013 the place was called Aydınlar. The meaning of the name Tillo is probably Semitic and means the saints , which it refers to the many sacred tombs in the area.
|
Tokluca |
Cewzê |
Village |
Savur |
Mardin |
|
Toklular |
Tokliyan, Toxlan |
Village |
Karlıova |
Bing oil |
Toklular is the turquoise form of the former name Tokliyan. The name Tokliyan is registered with the Land Registry.
|
Tuğlu |
Haciyan |
Village |
Yüksekova |
Hakkari |
The name of the village Tuğlu means with Tuğ . The original name Haciyan is registered with the land registry. It is still in use today and was u. a. also used as an alternative designation in the 1975 and 1980 censuses.
|
Tulgalı |
Xirbê Xêlid |
Village |
Midyat |
Mardin |
The Kurdish place name is a variant of the Arabic Hirbit al-Chalid .
|
Tunceli |
Dersim, Mamekiye |
City and province |
- |
Tunceli |
Dersim was renamed by Law No. 2884 in 1935. Mameki was the name of a village that used to stand in the same place.
|
Türkoğlu |
Kirdoxlî |
City and county |
Türkoğlu |
Kahramanmaraş |
The Turkish name means "son of the Turk", the Kurdish "son of the Kurd".
|
Turnayolu |
Holik |
Village |
Nazımiye |
Tunceli |
The original name is Holik.
|
Tutak |
Dûtax |
City and county |
Tutak |
Ağrı |
|
Tuzluca |
Qulp |
City and county |
Tuzluca |
Iğdır |
The renaming from Kulp to today's Tuzluca took place after 1933.
|
Tuzluca |
Yukarı şorik |
Village |
Karlıova |
Bing oil |
Şorik ulya ( Upper Şorik ) was the place name in Ottoman times. The name Yukarışorik (also Upper Şorik ) is registered with the land registry.
|
Üçağıl |
Kozê |
Village |
Midyat |
Mardin |
|
Üçbasamak |
Zinzin |
Village |
Silvan |
Diyarbakır |
The Kurdish village name is Zinzin. This is also the original name. The renaming to Üçbasamak ("three stages") took place before 1960.
|
Üçköy |
Xarabêalê, Xirbê Elî |
Village |
Nusaybin |
Mardin |
Üçköy means ܐܪܟܚ (Arkah) in Aramaic . The Kurdish name is a variant of the original name Harapali. The Turkish name Ücköy means Three villages .
|
Üçerli |
Dêrteyar |
Village |
Savur |
Mardin |
|
Üçkavak |
Rajdê |
Village |
Savur |
Mardin |
|
Uğuraçan |
Bêdkare |
Village |
Şemdinli |
Hakkari |
The original name Bêtkare is believed to be derived from the Aramaic language.
|
Uludere |
Qilaban |
City and county |
Uludere |
Şırnak |
Qilaban is the original name of the place.
|
Uysallı |
calendar |
Village |
Diyadin |
Ağrı |
The original name of Uysallı ( uysal means "yielding") is calendar. This name means "poor beggar" in Kurdish and in the Islamic world referred to a mendicant monk (Arabic Qalandar ). The name was changed to Uysallı after 1967. The yearbook from 1967 lists the village with the name calendar. The name calendar is also registered with the land registry office.
|
Üzümlü |
Cîmîn |
City and county |
Üzümlü |
Erzincan |
|
Uzungeçit |
Derahine |
Locality |
Uludere |
Şırnak |
|
Uzunkaya |
Biloka |
Village |
Kızıltepe |
Mardin |
The original name of the village is Beloka. This name is registered with the land registry.
|
Van |
Wan |
City and province |
- |
Van |
|
Varto |
Gimgim |
City and county |
Varto |
Must |
Gimgim (Gümgüm) is the original name of the city.
|
Viransehir |
Wêranşar |
City and county |
Viransehir |
Şanlıurfa |
|
Yanıkçukur |
Tendürek |
Village |
Diyadin |
Ağrı |
The original name of Yanıkçukur (Turkish: burned pit ) is Tendürek. This name is of Armenian origin. The renaming took place after 1945. The census of 1945 still lists the village in the form of Tendürek. The name Tendürek is registered with the land registry office.
|
Yavuzeli |
Cîngîve, Çînçîn |
City and county |
Yavuzeli |
Gaziantep |
|
Yavuztaş |
Tarû, Tarî |
Village |
Yayladere |
Bing oil |
The original name was Taru. The name Taru is still recorded in the land register and was also used as an alternative name in the 1970 and 1980 censuses.
|
Yayıkağıl |
Kimsor |
Village |
Nazımiye |
Tunceli |
Kimsor is the original place name. The local population still calls the village by its old name. In the Dersim report of the General Command of the Turkish Gendarmerie from 1932 Kimsor is listed as a name. The book reports on local traditions about place names. It was originally called Kimisorlu. Tribesmen of the Aşiret of the Şadılı put the name in the form “Kumsor” in connection with the word for Kizilbasch (“red head”). “Kum” is a headgear and “sor” means “red”. The name was changed to the current name in the 1960s. In the 1965 census, Kimsor is still listed as an alternative name.
|
Yaylabağ |
Axdat |
Village |
Yayladere |
Bing oil |
In 1928 the name was Agdad. This name is also recorded in the land register in the form Ağdat. The Kurdish form of the name is a variant of the historical name.
|
Yayladere |
Xolxol |
City and county |
Yayladere |
Bing oil |
Xolhol (Holhol) was renamed to Yayladere in 1959.
|
Yaylapınar (Şemdinli) |
Salaran |
Village |
Şemdinli |
Hakkari |
The former name of the village was Salaran. This is derived from the Kurdish word for commanders.
|
Yayvantepe |
Qertmîn |
Village |
Midyat |
Mardin |
|
Yazgeldi |
Xodig |
Village |
Nazımiye |
Tunceli |
The former name of the village was Hodik. This name is of Armenian origin. The name was changed in the 20th century, between 1928 and 1955.
|
Yazgünü |
Hupus, Xups |
Village |
Kiğı |
Bing oil |
Before it was renamed to its current name, the village was called Hupus. This name is of Armenian origin and is also recorded in the Turkish land register.
|
Yedikardeş |
Heftêxuhan |
Village |
Kızıltepe |
Mardin |
The original name of the village is Haftivahan. This name is registered with the land registry. The original name means "seven sisters" in Kurdish. Today's name Yedikardeş means "seven siblings" in Turkish.
|
Yedisu |
Çerme |
City and county |
Yedisu |
Bing oil |
|
Yemişli |
Hilhil |
Village |
Midyat |
Mardin |
|
Yeniçadır |
Bozo |
Village |
Diyadin |
Ağrı |
Yeniçadırs (Turkish: new tent ) former name was Bozo. The name was changed after 1945. The 1945 census still lists the village in the Bozo form. The name Bozo is registered with the land registry office.
|
Yenice |
Xerabya |
Village |
Midyat |
Mardin |
Former Yazidi village in Tur Abdin
|
Yeni Halfeti |
Xelfetîya Nu |
city |
Ömerli |
Şanlıurfa |
|
Yenilmez |
Mixajnê |
Village |
Savur |
Mardin |
|
Yenişehir |
Bajarê Nû |
City and county |
Yenişehir |
Diyarbakır |
Both names have the same meaning "New City".
|
Yeşilalan |
Barman |
Village |
Savur |
Mardin |
|
Yeşildurak |
Tapu |
Village |
Diyadin |
Ağrı |
The original name of Yeşildurak (Turkish green halt ) is Tapu. The name was changed after 1945. The 1945 census still lists the village in the form of Tapu. The name Tapu is registered with the land registry.
|
Yeşilli |
Rişmil |
City and county |
Yeşilli |
Mardin |
|
Yeşiltaş |
Sıtazın |
Village |
Yüksekova |
Hakkari |
Yeşiltaş means green stone . The name Şitazin is registered with the land registry.
|
Yeşilyurt |
Çirmiktî, Çirmik, Çêrmûg |
City and county |
Yeşilyurt |
Malatya |
The place was called Çırmıktı or Çırmıhtı before the founding of the republic. Then the name was changed to İsmet Paşa. In 1957 the village got its current name, Yeşilyurt - green home .
|
Yiğitler |
Kirik |
Village |
Nazımiye |
Tunceli |
The name Kirik is the original place name. In the 1965 census, Kirik is still listed as an alternative name.
|
Yiğitler |
Sağnis, Saxnîs |
Village |
Karlıova |
Bing oil |
The original name of the village is of Armenian origin and is Sağnis.
|
Yıldırım |
Koço |
Village |
Diyadin |
Ağrı |
The Kurdish name is registered with the land registry.
|
Yolaç |
Sûsa |
Village |
Silvan |
Diyarbakır |
The Kurdish village name is Susa. This is also the original name.
|
Yolbaşı |
Kefirelab |
Locality |
Midyat |
Mardin |
|
Yorgançayır |
Karahamzan |
Village |
Karlıova |
Bing oil |
The Kurdish name is the original name. It was used as an alternative name in previous censuses.
|
Yukarıserinyer |
Xajixa Jorîn |
Village |
Kiğı |
Bing oil |
The Kurdish name exists in different variants. The variant Yukarıgajik is recorded in the land register.
|
Yukarıyağmurlu |
Yukarı Sevik, Sêvika Jorîn |
Village |
Karlıova |
Bing oil |
The name Yukarıyağmurlu means "Upper Yağmurlu". In the Ottoman Empire , the village was called Sevik ulya ("Upper Sevik")
|
Yukarıdoluca |
Yukarı Xarik |
Village |
Nazımiye |
Tunceli |
|
Yüksekova |
Trade |
City and county |
Yüksekova |
Hakkari |
The Kurdish name was mentioned lexically by Basil Nikitin . The renaming from Gever to Yüksekova took place in 1936.
|
Zara |
Qoçgîr |
City and county |
Zara |
Sivas |
|
Zeynelli |
Zenan |
Village |
Yayladere |
Bing oil |
|
Ziyaret |
Fîs |
Village |
Lice |
Diyarbakır |
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