the old name of the village is hakis. 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. in the village at the beginning of the 20th century; there were 220 armenian and 960 kurdish population. the settlement, which was a nâhiye since the records of 1912, maintained its position as a nâhiye until 1936. in 1935, hakis was recorded as a connected of nazimiye kaza of elâziz province. although the old name of the village "hakis" was changed, it was recorded as "büyükyurt ("hakis")" for a while. in the 1960 census, 742 people were recorded, 340 males and 402 females in village.