Bismil
Bismil | |
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District and municipality | |
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 Map showing Bismil District in Diyarbakır Province | |
  Bismil Location in Turkey | |
| Coordinates: 37°50′48″N 40°39′58″E / 37.84667°N 40.66611°E | |
| Country | Turkey |
| Province | Diyarbakır |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Orhan Ayaz (HDP) |
| Area | 1,679 km2 (648 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[1] | 118,698 |
| • Density | 71/km2 (180/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (TRT) |
| Postal code | 20930 |
| Area code | 0412 |
| Website | www |
Bismil (Kurdish: Bismil)[2] is a municipality and district of Diyarbakır Province, Turkey.[3] Its area is 1,679 km2,[4] and its population is 118,698 (2022).[1] The district was established on 4 January 1936.[5]
Neighborhoods
[edit]There are 122 neighbourhoods in Bismil District:[6]
- Ağılköy
- Ağıllı
- Ahmetli
- Akbaş
- Akçay
- Akköy
- Akpınar
- Alibey
- Alıncak
- Altıok
- Aluç
- Ambar
- Aralık
- Arapkent
- Arıkgöl
- Aşağıdolay
- Aşağıoba
- Aslanoğlu
- Ataköy
- Aygeçti
- Babahaki
- Bademli
- Baharlı
- Bahçe
- Balcılar
- Başhan
- Başköy
- Başören
- Belli
- Bölümlü
- Boyacı
- Bozçalı
- Çakallı
- Çakıllı
- Çatalköy
- Çavuşlu
- Çeltikli
- Çölağan
- Çöltepe
- Çorapa
- Derbent
- Dicle
- Doruk
- Dumlupınar
- Eliaçık
- Erler
- Esentepe
- Fatih
- Fırat
- Gedikbaşı
- Göksu
- Güngeçti
- Güroluk
- Güzelköy
- Harmanlı
- Hasanpınar
- İsalı
- İsapınar
- Işıklar
- Kağıtlı
- Kamberli
- Kamışlı
- Karabörk
- Karacık
- Karaçölya
- Karagöz
- Karapınar
- Karatepe
- Karayiğit
- Kavuşak
- Kayıköy
- Kazancı
- Keberli
- Kılavuztepe
- Koğuk
- Kopmaz
- Köprüköy
- Kopuzlu
- Korukçu
- Köseli
- Koyunlu
- Kumrulu
- Kurtuluş
- Kurudeğirmen
- Kurudere
- Merdan
- Meydanlık
- Mirzabey
- Obalı
- Ofköy
- Oğuzlar
- Pınarbaşı
- Şahintepe
- Sanayi
- Sarıköy
- Sarıtoprak
- Sazlı
- Seki
- Şentepe
- Serçeler
- Seyit Hasan
- Seyrantepe
- Sinanköy
- Tatlıçayır
- Tekel
- Tepe
- Tepecik
- Tilkilik
- Topraklı
- Türkmenhacı
- Üçtepe
- Uğrak
- Uğurlu
- Ulutürk
- Uyanık
- Yağmurköy
- Yamaçköy
- Yasince
- Yenice
- Yukarıdolay
- Yukarıharım
- Yukarısalat
The pre-2013 municipality was divided into the neighborhoods of Akpınar, Altıok, Dicle, Dumlupınar, Esentepe, Fatih, Fırat, Kurtuluş, Sanayi, Seyrantepe, Şentepe, Tekel and Ulutürk.
History
[edit]On the Körtik hill exists an archeological site.[7]
Politics
[edit]In the elections on the 31 March 2019 Orhan Ayaz from the Peoples' Democratic Party was elected as Mayor.[8] But in October he got dismissed due to an investigation.[9] A trustee was appointed instead.[10]
Notable people
[edit]- Özz Nûjen, comedian born in Bismil who later moved to Sweden
- Mehmet Mehdi Eker, former Minister of Food, Agriculture and Livestock
- Azize Tanrıkulu, Turkish taekwondo athlete
References
[edit]- ^ Jump up to: a b "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
- ^ Avcıkıran, Adem (2009). Kürtçe Anamnez, Anamneza bi Kurmancî (in Kurdish and Turkish). p. 55.
- ^ Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
- ^ "İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri". General Directorate of Mapping. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
- ^ "İl İdaresi ve Mülki Bölümler Şube Müdürlüğü İstatistikleri - İl ve İlçe Kuruluş Tarihleri" (PDF) (in Turkish). p. 28. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
- ^ Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
- ^ "Körtik Hill offers thousands of artifacts". Hürriyet Daily News. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
- ^ Şafak, Yeni (11 May 2019). "Diyarbakır Bismil Seçim Sonuçları – Bismil Yerel Seçim Sonuçları". Yeni Şafak (in Turkish). Retrieved 5 November 2019.
- ^ "OPeration against co-mayors: Mızraklı, Yılmaz and Ayaz under custody". mezopotamyaajansi23.com. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
- ^ "Trustees appointed to 4 HDP-run city councils". ANF News. 22 October 2019. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
Bismil in Diyarbakır Province of Turkey |
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