Damlaca, Silopi

Damlaca
Village
Damlaca Location in Turkey
Coordinates: 37.317°N 42.707°E / 37.317; 42.707
Country	Turkey
Province	Şırnak
District	Silopi
Population  (2023)[1]	285
Time zone	UTC+3 (TRT)

Damlaca also known as Beşiktaş (Kurdish: Silib)^[2] is a village in the Silopi District of Şırnak Province in Turkey.^[3] The village is populated by Kurds and had a population of 285 in 2023.^[1][4]

It was burned by authorities in the early 1990s, during the Kurdish–Turkish conflict.^[4]

Population

Population history from 2007 to 2023:^[1]

Population

Year	Pop.	±%
2007	107	—
2010	116	+8.4%
2015	322	+177.6%
2020	286	−11.2%
2023	285	−0.3%

References

1. "Population Of Municipalities, Villages And Quarters". TÜİK. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
2. Baz, Ibrahim (2016). Şırnak aşiretleri ve kültürü (in Turkish). p. 32. ISBN 9786058849631.
3. "Türkiye Mülki İdare Bölümleri Envanteri". T.C. İçişleri Bakanlığı (in Turkish). Retrieved 19 December 2022.
4. Duran, Medeni (2006). Osmanlı'dan Şemdinli'ye JİTEM tarihi (in Turkish). Berçem Yayıncılık. p. 350.