Gercüş
Gercüş | |
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  Gercüş | |
| Coordinates: 37°33′59″N 41°23′04″E / 37.56639°N 41.38444°E | |
| Country |  Turkey |
| Province | Batman |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Abdulkerim Kaya (BDP) |
| • Kaymakam | Tarkan Keskin |
| Area | |
| • District | 826.04 km2 (318.94 sq mi) |
| Population (2012)[2] | |
| • Urban | 4,725 |
| • District | 22,183 |
| • District density | 27/km2 (70/sq mi) |
| Website | www.gercus.bel.tr |
Gercüş (Kurdish: Kercews,[3], Syriac: "ܟܦܪ ܓܘ̈ܙܐ" "Kfar Gawze"[4] or "ܟܦܪ ܓܘܣܢ" "Kfar Gawson") is a district of Batman Province, Turkey. The mayor is Abdulkerim Kaya (BDP).
The town of Gercus is said to be built by a wealthy Roman soldier named "Gawson" who named the village after him.[5]
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. 56. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
- ^ Talmon, Daniella (1996). Material Evidence and Narrative Sources: Interdisciplinary Studies of the History of the Muslim Middle East. p. 81. ISBN 978-90-04-27159-3.
- ^ N.Palmer, Andrew (1990). Monk and Mason on the Tigris Frontier: The Early History of Tur `Abdin. Press syndicate of Cambridge university. p. 54. ISBN 9780521360265.
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