Yeşiltaş

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Yeşiltaş
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Yeşiltaş (Turkey)
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Basic data
Province (il) : Hakkari
District ( ilçe ) : Yüksekova
Coordinates : 37 ° 25 '  N , 44 ° 7'  E Coordinates: 37 ° 25 '11 "  N , 44 ° 6' 39"  E
Height : 1340  m
Residents : 616 (2009)
Telephone code : (+90)
Postal code : 30300
License plate : 30th
Structure and administration (as of 2010)
Muhtar : Enver Coruh
Template: Infobox Location in Turkey / Maintenance / District Without Inhabitants Or Area

Yeşiltaş (kurd. Şitazin ) is a village in the Yüksekova district of the Turkish province of Hakkâri . Yeşiltaş is located in Eastern Anatolia at 1,340 m above sea level, approx. 44 km southwest of Yüksekova.

Yeşiltaş means green stone . The name Şitazin is registered with the land registry.

In 1985, 916 people lived in Yeşiltaş. In 2009 the village had 616 inhabitants. Yeşiltaş is located on a stream, the Bey Deresi. There is a primary school in the village. There is a barracks near Yeşiltaş. The hamlet of Darıca (Kurd. Serpêl) also belongs to Yeşiltaş. In 2009 one soldier was killed in action with the PKK . In 2010 there was also fighting near the village. In 2012, during a "revolutionary operation" in fighting with the army, the PKK claimed to have killed more than 100 soldiers. In fact, 8 soldiers and 15 PKK fighters died.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ www.e-tkbm.gov.tr ( Memento from November 25, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ www.yerelnet.org.tr
  3. ↑ www.report.tuik.gov.tr ( Memento from March 7, 2014 in the Internet Archive )