Sidekan (Kurdish: سیدەکان ,Sîdekan)[1][2] also called Bradost, is a vast subdistrict belonging to Soran District[3] (Diana-Rawanduz) north of Erbil in Kurdistan Region, with 250 villages. The district also contains the area where the ancient Armenian city of Mahkert (Armenian: Մահկերտ, Mahkert) was.[4][5] Sidekan has a population of less than 15,000.[6] The exact number of Bradostian people estimated is more than this census but as the original inhabitants had been deported three times in 1961, 1978, and 1988 and a lot of them have not yet returned due to the frequent bombing by the Turkish and Iranian militaries on the Kurdistan Workers Party strongholds in Khakurk mountains, and also because of the lack of renovation projects by the local authorities.
^"بەوێنە.. هاووڵاتییانی سیدەکان چاڵ و چۆڵی ڕێگاکان پڕ دەکەنەوە" (in Kurdish). Retrieved 19 December 2019.
^"Befir beşeke zêde ji Kurdistanê spî kir" (in Kurdish). Retrieved 19 December 2019.
^"Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-10-23. Retrieved 2006-10-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^"Մահկերտ Տուն գավառ". wikimapia.org (in Armenian). Retrieved 15 October 2023.
^Eremyan, S.T. "Greater Armenia according to the Ashxarats'oyts'". attalus.org (in Armenian). Retrieved 15 October 2023.
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