Güçlükonak

Güçlükonak
Güçlükonak
	Güçlükonak
	Coordinates: 37°28′17″N 41°54′55″E / 37.47139°N 41.91528°ECoordinates: 37°28′17″N 41°54′55″E / 37.47139°N 41.91528°E
Country	Turkey
Province	Şırnak
Government
• Mayor	Bahattin Aktuğ (AKP)
• Kaymakam	Mustafa Akgül
Area
• District	436.24 km2 (168.43 sq mi)
Population (2012)
• Urban	4,590
• District	13,069
• District density	30/km2 (78/sq mi)
Post code	737xx
Website	www.guclukonak.bel.tr

Güçlükonak (Kurdish: Basan)^[3] is town a district in Şırnak Province of Turkey.

Güçlükonak was a Yezidi settlement by the early 20th century, but it began being settled by Sunni Kurds of Harunan tribe as its Yezidi inhabitants migrated to Shingal.^[4]

In 1995 as the Şırnak Province was governed in a state of emergency, it was the scene of the [tr] in which 11 men lost their lives.^[5] As of January 2020, no person has been charged for the massacre.^[6]

Districts of Şırnak

References[]

^ "Area of regions (including lakes), km²". Regional Statistics Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. 2002. Retrieved 2013-03-05.
^ "Population of province/district centers and towns/villages by districts - 2012". Address Based Population Registration System (ABPRS) Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. Retrieved 2013-02-27.
^ Adem Avcıkıran (2009). Kürtçe Anamnez Anamneza bi Kurmancî (PDF) (in Turkish and Kurdish). p. 57. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
^ "Güçlükonak".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ ""Birds or earthworms":the Güçlükonak Massacre, its alleged cover-up, and the prosecution of independent investigators" (PDF). Amnesty.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ "Saturday Mothers meet for 772nd time, demand justice for Güçlükonak massacre". www.duvarenglish.com. Retrieved 2020-04-23.

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[distr-area-1] "Area of regions (including lakes), km²". Regional Statistics Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. 2002. Retrieved 2013-03-05.

[population-2] "Population of province/district centers and towns/villages by districts - 2012". Address Based Population Registration System (ABPRS) Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. Retrieved 2013-02-27.

[3] Adem Avcıkıran (2009). Kürtçe Anamnez Anamneza bi Kurmancî (PDF) (in Turkish and Kurdish). p. 57. Retrieved 17 December 2019.

[4] "Güçlükonak".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[5] ""Birds or earthworms":the Güçlükonak Massacre, its alleged cover-up, and the prosecution of independent investigators" (PDF). Amnesty.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[6] "Saturday Mothers meet for 772nd time, demand justice for Güçlükonak massacre". www.duvarenglish.com. Retrieved 2020-04-23.

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