Lice, Turkey

Lice (pronounced [ˈlidʒe]), (Kurdish: Lice‎,[3] Ottoman Turkish: ليجه‎,[4]) is a Kurdish-populated town[5] in Diyarbakır Province in Turkey. The population was 9,644 in 2010. It is located 90 km (56 mi) from the capital, Diyarbakır. In the local elections in March 2019 Tarık Mercan from the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) was elected mayor.[6] As the current District Governor was appointed Cevdet Bakkal.[7]

Lice
Lice
Coordinates: 38°27′0″N 40°39′0″E
Country Turkey
ProvinceDiyarbakır
Government
 • MayorTarık Mercan (HDP)
 • KaymakamCevdet Bakkal
Area
 • District1,025.83 km2 (396.08 sq mi)
Population
 (2012)[2]
 • Urban
11,271
 • District
27,414
 • District density27/km2 (69/sq mi)
Post code
21700
Websitehttp://www.lice.gov.tr

History

The Kurdish Zirki tribe in Lice supported the Sheik Said rebellion in 1925. As a reprisal the tribes villages Çaylarbaşı, Kurlu, Alataş, Mat-bur and Çağlayan, have been demolished and the residing population was killed by troops of the Turkish army.[8] It was reported that the troops of the Turkish Major Ali Haydar have wiped out the majority of the Sheikhs.[9]

On 6 September 1975, Lice was struck by an earthquake rated 6.6 - 6.9 on the Richter scale. Around 1'500 people were killed in Lice according to the mayor.[10]

The Kurdistan Workers' Party or PKK, was founded in the village of Fis, in Lice district on November 27, 1978.[11]

The Lice massacre took place from October 20–23, 1993.[12]

The Kurdish castle of Ataq used to exist near the modern Lice.

References
  1. "Area of regions (including lakes), km²". Regional Statistics Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. 2002. Retrieved 2013-03-05.
  2. "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.
  3. Adem Avcıkıran (2009). Kürtçe Anamnez Anamneza bi Kurmancî (PDF) (in Turkish and Kurdish). p. 55. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  4. Tahir Sezen, Osmanlı Yer Adları (Alfabetik Sırayla), T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, Yayın Nu 21, Ankara, p. 340.
  5. Lokman I. Meho, Kelly L. Maglaughlin (2001). Kurdish Culture and Society: An Annotated Bibliography. p. 248.
  6. "Diyarbakır Lice Seçim Sonuçları - 31 Mart 2019 Yerel Seçimleri". www.sabah.com.tr. Retrieved 2019-09-09.
  7. "Kaymakam Cevdet Bakkal". www.lice.gov.tr. Retrieved 2019-11-17.
  8. Üngör, Uğur Ümit (2012). Jorngerden, Joost; Verheij, Jelle (eds.). Social Relations in Ottoman Diyarbekir, 1870-1915. Brill. p. 289. ISBN 9789004225183.
  9. Üngör, Umut. "Young Turk social engineering : mass violence and the nation state in eastern Turkey, 1913- 1950" (PDF). University of Amsterdam. p. 238. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  10. "Wayback Machine" (PDF). web.archive.org. 2011-07-27. pp. 235–236. Retrieved 2019-11-17.
  11. Turkey-PKK peace process unravels in Lice by Cengiz Çandar in Al Monitor (9 June 2014)
  12. Human Rights Watch, ed. (1999). Turkey: Violations of Free Expression in Turkey. Human Rights Watch. pp. 58. lice 1993 turkey.


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