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Selçik, Silopi

Selçik (Kurdish: Derêdefş) is a village in the Silopi District of Şırnak Province in Turkey. The village is populated by Kurds and had a population of 14 in 2023. It was burned by authorities in the early 1990s, during the Kurdish–Turkish conflict.

Updated: September 17, 2026

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Silopi District

Silopi District is a district of the Şırnak Province of Turkey. The seat of the district is the town of Silopi and the population was 148,126 in 2023. Its area is 831 km2.

Updated: January 3, 2026

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Kurdish villages depopulated by Turkey

The number of Kurdish villages depopulated by Turkey is estimated at 3,000 to 4,000. Since 1984, the Turkish military has embarked on a campaign to eradicate the Kurdistan Workers Party; by the year 2000, some 30,000 people had died and two million...

Updated: September 26, 2026