Üçtepe (Kurdish: Kerxa kîkan) formerly Kerh or Kerh-i Dicle, is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Bismil, Diyarbakır Province in Turkey.[1] The village is populated by Kurds and had a population of 2,157 in 2022.[2][3]
Üçtepe | |
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  Üçtepe Location in Turkey | |
| Coordinates: 37°49′30″N 40°32′35″E / 37.825°N 40.543°E | |
| Country | Turkey |
| Province | Diyarbakır |
| District | Bismil |
| Population (2022) | 2,157 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (TRT) |
In 1861, the Kurkh Monoliths were discovered near here, to the West.[4][5]: 117
References
edit- ^ "Türkiye Mülki İdare Bölümleri Envanteri". T.C. İçişleri Bakanlığı (in Turkish). Retrieved 19 December 2022.
- ^ "Address Based Population Registration System Results". Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (in Turkish). Retrieved 15 February 2023.
- ^ "Mardin'de Husumetli İki Aile Barıştırıldı" (in Turkish). 25 March 2013. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
- ^ Ancient Locations Tidu? Kurkh Site accessed 5 July 2014
- ^ Aynur Özfırat. "Üçtepe and Diyarbakır Area During the Early-Middle Bronze Ages", pages 117-126 in Workshop on Looking North: The Socio-economic Dynamics of the Northern Mesopotamian and Anatolian Regions during the Late Third and Early Second Millenium BC. 6th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East (Rome, 5–10 May 2008), eds N. Laneri, P. Pfälzner and S. Valentini, 117-126, Wiesbaden 2012: Harrassowitz Verlag, Studien zur Urbanisierung Nordmesopotamiens Supplementa.
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