Beşiri, Turkey
Beşiri (Türkiye'deki ilçe merkezi)
Beşiri is a town of 9,513 people in Batman, Turkey.
Why visit Beşiri
Townapedia lists 4 parks and trails and 2 places to eat in and around town.
Weather in Beşiri
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About 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.
From the Wikipedia article Beşiri (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Parks, trails and playgrounds4
Restaurants and cafes2
Churches and places of worship6
Shopping2
Gas and EV charging3
Schools, colleges and libraries8
Healthcare8
Map of Beşiri
33 places. The map loads OpenStreetMap tiles when you open it.
Getting there and nearby towns
Batman Airport (BAL) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 15 km away.
- Danalı 5 km southwest, about 5 min by car
- Yontukyazı 5 km southeast, about 5 min by car
- Demiryol 12 km west, about 12 min by car
- Batman 14 km west, about 14 min by car
- Erköklü 14 km southwest, about 14 min by car
- Hasankeyf 26 km southeast, about 26 min by car
- Midyat 55 km south, about 55 min by car
- Siirt 57 km east, about 57 min by car
- Mardin 82 km southwest, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Bitlis 90 km northeast, about 1 h 30 min by car
Drive times are estimates from straight-line distance, not routes.
Local news
Headlines from INDB.
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Sources and licences
- GeoNames (CC BY 4.0): population, coordinates, regions and time zone
- Mapillary (see each image): photos
- OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0): places, airports, map data
- Wikidata (CC0 1.0): elevation, founding date, time zone, website
- Wikimedia Commons (see each image): photos
- Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): overview and history text
Photo credits
- Fire Department of Besiri - panoramio, silphio, CC BY-SA 3.0
- ISS065-E-20796 - View of Earth, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Public domain
- ISS067-E-227734 - View of Earth, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Public domain
- ISS067-E-227737 - View of Earth, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Public domain
- ISS054-E-41612 - View of Earth, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, NASA Johnson Space Center, Public domain
- ISS067-E-227735 - View of Earth, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Public domain
- ISS009-E-12085 - View of Syria, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Public domain
- ISS067-E-227736 - View of Earth, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Public domain
- Street-level photo, rafialacahan, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, rafialacahan, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, rafialacahan, CC BY-SA 4.0
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