Akdere () is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Silvan, Diyarbakñr Province in Turkey. It is populated by Kurds and had a population of 569 in 2022.
Tirbessibi (today called Akdere) was historically inhabited by Kurdish-speaking Armenians. There were 60 Armenian hearths in 1880. There was an Armenian church of Surb Gevorg. It was located in the kaza (district) of Silvan in the Diyarbekir sanjak in the Diyarbekir vilayet in . The Armenians were attacked by the Belek, Bekran, Ã Âegro, and other Kurdish tribes in May 1915 amidst the Armenian genocide.
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