Büyükyurt () is a village in the Nazımiye District, Tunceli Province, Turkey. The village is populated by Kurds of the Karsan tribe and had a population of 89 in 2021.
The hamlets of Arpaçukur, Aşağıdoğancık, Bakraçlı, Bayırcık, Boztaş, Çatak, Çevrecik, Çiftbeyler, Çukur, Deliktaş, Demkömü, Doğancık, Dokuzkaya (), Ekmekçi, Eryurdu, Hankoy, İçören, İnanlı, Kapıkaya, Kışlak, Koyunlu, Kurudere, Küplüce, Malkoç, Oğullar, Polatlı, Serdini, Taht, Taşdelen, Uçar, Ulaşlı, Uzuntarla, Yakacık, Yukarıdoğancık and Yüceler are attached to the village.
History The former name of the village is Hakis.T.C İçişleri Bakanlığı İller İdaresi Genel Müdürlüğü (1968). "Köylerimiz". p. 112. In the village, which is named Hakis in the records of the 16th century; only non-Muslims lived in 67 households in 1518 and 135 households in 1541. There were 220 Armenians and 960 Kurds recorded in the village at the beginning of the 20th century.Հայաստանի և հարակից շրջանների տեղանունների բառարան, հտ 3, էջ 299: "20-րդ դ մկվբին ուներ 220 Հայ և 960 քուրդ բնա- կիլ:" [Dictionary of place names of Armenia and neighboring regions, vol. 3, p. 299: "In the 20th century, there were 220 Armenian and 960 Kurdish residents."] The settlement, was a nahiyah from 1912 to 1936.Sezen, Tahir (2017). "Osmanlı Yer Adları" (PDF). Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, 26. p. 141. In 1935, Hakis was recorded as a connected of Nazimiye kaza of Elâziz province.Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Başbakanlık İstatistik Genel Direktörlüğü (1935). "Genel Nüfus Sayımı". p. 160 Although the old name of the village "Hakis" was changed, it was recorded as "Büyükyurt (Hakis)" for a while.T.C Başbakanlık Devlet İstatistik Enstitüsü (1960). "Genel Nüfus Sayımı". p. 551.T.C Başbakanlık Devlet İstatistik Enstitüsü (1980). "Genel Nüfus Sayımı". p. 488 (5). In the 1960 census, 742 people were recorded, 340 males and 402 females in village.
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