Gelişen, Derecik

Gelişen (Gerdî Şapatan) is a village in Derecik District in Hakkâri Province in Turkey. The village is populated by Kurds of the Gerdî tribe and had a population of 4,134 in 2023.

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.

History
The village was attached to Şemdinli District before becoming part of the newly-created Derecik District in 2018.

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

Population
Population history of the village from 1997 to 2023: