Yakacık (; ) is a village in the Beşiri District of Batman Province in Turkey. The village is populated by Kurds of the Elîkan tribe and had a population of 62 in 2021.
History Mazrehreš (today called Yakacık) was historically inhabited by Syriac Orthodox Christians and Kurdish-speaking Armenians. In the Syriac Orthodox patriarchal register of dues of 1870, it was recorded that the village had 3 households, who paid 22 dues, and did not have a priest. There was a church of Yūldaṯ Alohō. There were 20 Armenian hearths and an Armenian church in 1880. It was located in the district of Beşiri. The Armenians were attacked by the Belek, Bekran, Şegro, and other Kurdish tribes in May 1915 amidst the Armenian genocide.
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