Derecik, Muş
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| type = village
| province = Muş
| district = Muş
| name = Derecik
| population_total = 605
| population_as_of = 2022
| coordinates = {{coord|38|41|05|N|41|33|24|E|type:city_region:TR|display=it}}
}}
Derecik ({{langx|hy|Հավատորիկ|Havatorik}}) is a village in Muş District, Muş Province, eastern Turkey.[https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx Köy], Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 30 January 2023.{{cite web |url=https://www.houshamadyan.org/mapottomanempire/vilayet-of-bitlispaghesh/kaza-of-moush/locale/demography.html |title=Maps | Vilayet of Bitlis/Paghesh | Kaza of Moush | Locale | Demography :: Houshamadyan - a project to reconstruct Ottoman Armenian town and village life |website=www.houshamadyan.org |access-date=14 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200101054533/https://www.houshamadyan.org/mapottomanempire/vilayet-of-bitlispaghesh/kaza-of-moush/locale/demography.html |archive-date=1 January 2020 |url-status=dead}} Its population is 605 (2022).{{Cite web |title=Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports|url=https://biruni.tuik.gov.tr/medas/?kn=95&locale=en |access-date=22 May 2023|publisher=TÜİK|language=en|format=XLS}} Derecik is located 13 km away from Mus township.
There is a primary school in the village, a mosque, drinking water network, electricity and landline telephone. The village is populated by Kurds.
History
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The Armenian name for the village was Havadarig or Havadorik not Derecik.{{Cite web|url=https://www.houshamadyan.org/mapottomanempire/vilayet-of-bitlispaghesh/kaza-of-moush/locale/demography.html|title=Maps | Vilayet of Bitlis/Paghesh | Kaza of Moush | Locale | Demography:: Houshamadyan - a project to reconstruct Ottoman Armenian town and village life|website=www.houshamadyan.org}}
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In 1890, the Armenian church recorded one church and 90 Armenian households in the village, as well as 160 Kurdish households with similar numbers recorded in 1902. The church records state 120 Armenian households in 1910 and on the eve of the genocide 165 households.
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