Yelkesen
Yelkesen is a village in the Eruh District of Siirt Province in Turkey. The village is populated by Kurds of the Jilyan tribe and had a population of 319 in 2021. The hamlet of Ilıcak is attached to the village.- Village with about 270 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 870 metres (2,850 feet)
- …was formerly known as “Bîsîre”
- Description: village in Eruh, Siirt, southeastern Turkey
- Also known as“Basihri”“Basikhri”“BasixrꔓBaskeri”“Yelkesen, Eruh”
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Nearby places include Yokuşlu and Kekliktepe.
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Kekliktepe
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Çimencik
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Yelkesen
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Latitude
37.65809° or 37° 39′ 29″ north
Longitude
41.98129° or 41° 58′ 53″ east
Open location code
8H93MX5J+6G
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Vietnamese—“Yelkesen” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Yelkesen”
- Chechen: “Йелкесен”
- German: “Yelkesen”
- Kurdish: “Basixir”
- Tatar: “Елкесен”
- Turkish: “Yelkesen, Eruh”
- Turkish: “Yelkesen”
- Uzbek: “Yelkesen”
- Vietnamese: “Yelkesen, Eruh”
- Vietnamese: “Yelkesen”
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