Gelişen, Derecik
Village in Hakkari Province, Turkey
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Gelişen (Kurdish: Gerdî Şapatan)[2] is a village in Derecik District in Hakkâri Province in Turkey.[3] The village is populated by Kurds of the Gerdî tribe and had a population of 4,134 in 2023.[1][4]
The village has the nine hamlets of Adıgüzel, Aralık (Parewê), Beğendik, Karakoç (Sunê), Koryürek (Bêgijnê), Kütüklu (Zewyarezi), Mordağ (Dêrkê), Suçıktı (Bêlutyan) and Toklu attached to it.[3][5]
History
The village was attached to Şemdinli District before becoming part of the newly-created Derecik District in 2018.[6]