Dicle

This article is about the town. For the river, see Tigris. For the given name and surname, see Dicle (name).

Dicle (Zazaki: Pîran,^[2] Ottoman Turkish: پيران)^[3] is a municipality and district of Diyarbakır Province, Turkey.^[4] Its area is 738 km²,^[5] and its population is 36,114 (2022).^[1] It is populated by Zaza Kurds.^[2] The mayor is Felat Aygören from the HDP.^[6]

Dicle
District and municipality
Map showing Dicle District in Diyarbakır Province
Dicle Location in Turkey
Coordinates: 38°22′30″N 40°04′24″E
Country	Turkey
Province	Diyarbakır
Government
• Mayor	Felat Aygören (HDP)
Area	738 km2 (285 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[1]	36,114
• Density	49/km2 (130/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+3 (TRT)
Postal code	21830
Area code	0412

Dicle is the Zaza Language and Turkish name of the Tigris river, which runs through the district and gave its name to it. The name derives from tighri- (arrow) from Avestan^[7] and cognate with "tîj, tîr" (sharp, arrow) in Zaza Language^[8][9] and tigra- (sharp, pointed) in Old Persian. Some claim that it derives from through Akkadian Idiqlat from the original Sumerian name for the river, Idigna.

Composition

There are 48 neighbourhoods in Dicle District:^[10]

• 15 Temmuz
• Acar
• Altayköy
• Arıköy
• Bademli
• Bağlarbaşı
• Bahçedere
• Bahçeköy
• Baltacı
• Başköy
• Baturköy
• Biçer
• Boğaz
• Boğazköy
• Bozaba
• Çavlı
• Çelebi
• Dedeköy
• Değirmenli
• Döğer
• Durabeyli
• Gelincik
• Gölbaşı
• Gündoğdu
• Kaygısız
• Kayıköy
• Kelekçi
• Kırklar
• Kırkpınar
• Kocaalan
• Koruköy
• Kurşunlu
• Kurudere
• Meydanköy
• Pekmezciler
• Pınar
• Sergenli
• Süsümlü
• Taşağıl
• Tepe
• Tepebaşı
• Uğrak
• Ulubaş
• Uluçeşme
• Üzümlü
• Yeşilsırt
• Yeşiltepe
• Yokuşlu