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Eruh district
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Eruh, Turkey

Eruh is a town of 7,868 people in Siirt, Turkey.

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Population7,868 GeoNames
RegionSiirt
Elevation1,125 m 3,691 ft
Time zoneEurope/Istanbul
Nearest airportSiirt Airport (SXZ) 39 km

About Eruh

Eruh (Kurdish: Dih, Armenian: Դեհ, romanized: Dih) is a town and seat of Eruh District of Siirt Province of Turkey.

From the Wikipedia article Eruh (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Churches and places of worship3

Darul Beka Cami

Place of worship · 1.4 km

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Gâvsi Âzam Cami

Place of worship · 0.7 km

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Mekke Cami

Place of worship · 1.2 km

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Healthcare2

Şifa Eczanesi

Clinic and pharmacy · 0.9 km

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Eruh İlçe Devlet Hastanesi

Hospital · 0.8 km

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History

Eruh was the location of one of two attacks by the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) on the 15 August 1984.

In 2013, the Armenian St. John's Church (Surb Hovhannes) in the Dih district of Eruh, Turkey, was turned into an Islamic religious school for girls.

From the History section of Eruh on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Map of Eruh

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Getting there and nearby towns

Siirt Airport (SXZ) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 39 km away.

  • Gölgelikonak 5 km northwest, about 5 min by car
  • Dikboğaz 8 km southwest, about 8 min by car
  • Siirt 29 km northwest, about 29 min by car
  • Cizre 46 km south, about 46 min by car
  • Hizan 58 km north, about 58 min by car
  • Silopi 61 km southeast, about 1 h by car
  • Hasankeyf 68 km west, about 1 h 15 min by car
  • Bitlis 74 km north, about 1 h 15 min by car
  • Midyat 82 km southwest, about 1 h 15 min by car
  • Tatvan 84 km north, about 1 h 30 min by car

Drive times are estimates from straight-line distance, not routes.

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