Yaycı, Iğdır
Yaycı is a village in the District of Iğdır, Iğdır Province, in eastern Turkey.
Yaycı | |
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Village | |
  Yaycı Location in Turkey | |
| Coordinates: 39.948°N 43.969°E | |
| Country |  Turkey |
| Province | Iğdır Province |
| District | Iğdır |
| Elevation | 866 m (2,841 ft) |
| Population (2019)[1] | |
| • Total | 823 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
History
The village is one of the 21 Muslim villages around Iğdır, which Armenian gangs raided and killed the men and raped the women in August 1919. On September 17th 1920, again a part of the village was murdered.[2]
Demographics
As of the 2019, there were 823 people living in the village. The population of the village is Azerbaijani.[3]
Geography
The village lies on a 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) distance by road of the district capital of Iğdır.[4]
References
- "Iğdır Merkez Yaycı Köy Nüfusu" (in Turkish). nufusune.com. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
- Iğdır'ın Demografik Yapısında Göç ve Ahıska Türkleri Örneği. Türkiye Barolar Birliği Yayınları. 2016. p. 74. ISBN 978-605-9050-92-0.
- "ИГДЫРСКИЙ УЧАСТОК (1886 г.)" (in Russian). ethno-kavkaz-narod.ru. Archived from the original on 2016-03-05.
- "Yaycı Köyü" (in Turkish). YerelNet.org.tr. Archived from the original on 2016-03-05.
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