Derecik, Hakkâri
# Derecik, Hakkâri

Derecik (Kurdish: Rûbarok) is a municipality (belde) and the seat of Derecik District in Hakkâri Province of Turkey. It is populated by Kurds of the Gerdî tribe and had a population of 11,264 in 2022.

The municipality was depopulated in the 1990s during the Kurdish–Turkish conflict.

## Neighborhoods

Derecik municipality is divided into the nine quarters of Merkez, Balkaya, Güney, Hacıbey, Orta, Üçyan, Gürmeşe, Rize and Vapurtepe.

## Population

Population history of the municipality from 1997 to 2022:

## Politics

AKP candidate Ekrem Çetinkaya won the mayorship in the 2019 local elections with 57.52% of the vote.

