Girbereşik (), formerly İkiztepe, is a neighbourhood in the District of Batman, Batman Province, Turkey. It is populated by Kurds of the Raman tribe and had a population of 1,508 in 2024. Known as İkiztepe until 2017, Girbereşik was incorporated into Batman that year as a neighbourhood and renamed with its local Kurdish name.
History Ašik (today called Girbereşik) was historically inhabited by Syriac Orthodox Christians. In the Syriac Orthodox patriarchal register of dues of 1870, it was recorded that the village had 6 households, who paid 14 dues, and did not have a church or a priest.
See also
İkiztepe oil field
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