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Also known as Besiri

Beşiri (, ) is a town and seat of the Beşiri District in the Batman Province of Turkey. Its population is 11,120 (2021). It was originally a village of Diyarbakır Province, it later became a district of Siirt Province and finally in 1990 a district of Batman. The mayor is Sait Karabulut (AKP), elected in 2019.

Key facts

Turkey place.type
Municipality
Turkey place.name
Beşiri
Turkey place.province
Batman
Turkey place.district
Beşiri
Turkey place.population_total
11120
Turkey place.population_as_of
2021
Turkey place.leader_party
AKP
Turkey place.leader_title
Mayor
Turkey place.leader_name
Sait Karabulut

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Instance of
town
Country
Turkey
Located in
Batman Province
Population
30445
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urban population
8669
described by source
Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia
rural population
19808
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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents
  • Demographics
  • Notable residents
  • References

Beşiri (, ) is a town and seat of the Beşiri District in the Batman Province of Turkey. Its population is 11,120 (2021). It was originally a village of Diyarbakır Province, it later became a district of Siirt Province and finally in 1990 a district of Batman. The mayor is Sait Karabulut (AKP), elected in 2019.

The town is divided into the neighborhoods of Bağdu, Behrem, Cumhuriyet, (), Kobin, Mehmet Yatkın and Milli Egemenlik.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Beşiri” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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