Gelişen, Derecik

Gelişen (Kurdish: Gerdî Şapatan)[2] is a village in Derecik District in Hakkâri Province in Turkey.

[1][4] The village has the nine hamlets of Adıgüzel, Aralık (Parewê), Beğendik, Karakoç (Sunê), Koryürek (Bêgijnê), Kütüklu (Zewyarezi), Mordağ (Dêrkê), Suçıktı (Bêlutyan) and Toklu attached to it.

[3][5] The village was attached to Şemdinli District before becoming part of the newly-created Derecik District in 2018.

[6] The name Şepatan (Shepātān) may be connected to the word Sciabatan mentioned by Assemani.

[7] Population history of the village from 1997 to 2023:[8][1]