Oğul, Hakkâri

Oğul (Tal) is a village in the central district of Hakkâri Province in Turkey. The village is populated by Kurds of the Geravî and Jirkî tribes and had a population of 193 in 2023.

The hamlets of Ağaçsız (Bêdarkê), Dilek (Ezîzanê), Göze (Bakê), Ilıca (Bêkurkê), Kavak (Rebet), Yayık (Meşxanê) and Yeşiltaş (Talane) are attached to Oğul.

History
The village of Oğul was originally called ‘Tal’ which was an Assyrian village until Sayfo in 1915 and was subsequently unpopulated until a Kurd from the Jirkî tribe arrived to the village from Beytüşşebap in the second half of the 1930s. More Kurds subsequently settled in the village.

Population
Population history from 1997 to 2023: