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Argunköy, Kulp

mahalle (administrative quarter) in Kulp, Diyarbakır, southeastern Turkey

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionDec 31, 2025
Entity authorityQ1837232 ↗
Source-derived summary

Argunköy (Armenian: Շողեք, romanized: Shughek, Kurdish: Şirnas) is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Kulp, Diyarbakır Province in Turkey. It is populated by Kurds and had a population of 433 in 2022.

Before the Armenian genocide, Shughek was a large Armenian village.

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The public source identifies “Argunköy, Kulp” as mahalle (administrative quarter) in Kulp, Diyarbakır, southeastern Turkey. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Argunköy, Kulp and mahalle.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2022—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Argunköy, Kulp and mahalle providing the first useful test.
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Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated Dec 31, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q1837232. Authority coordinates are 38.488, 41.083. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2022.

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This entry incorporates text from “Argunköy, Kulp” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.