Beşiri

Beşiri (Kurdish: Qubînê, Armenian: Բշերիկ, romanized: Bsherik, Chernik) is a town and seat of the Beşiri District in the Batman Province of Turkey. Its population is 11,120 (2021). It was originally a village of Diyarbakır Province, it later became a district of Siirt Province and finally in 1990 a district of Batman. The mayor is Sait Karabulut (AKP), elected in 2019.

Beşiri
Municipality
Beşiri
Location in Turkey
Coordinates: 37.921°N 41.292°E / 37.921; 41.292
CountryTurkey
ProvinceBatman
DistrictBeşiri
Government
  MayorSait Karabulut (AKP)
Population
 (2021)
11,120
Time zoneUTC+3 (TRT)
Websitewww.besiri.bel.tr

The town is divided into the neighborhoods of Bağdu, Behrem, Cumhuriyet (Texeriyê), Kobin, Mehmet Yatkın and Milli Egemenlik.

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