Kayapınar, Diyarbakır

Kayapınar
District and municipality
Map showing Kayapınar District in Diyarbakır Province
Map showing Kayapınar District in Diyarbakır Province
Kayapınar is located in Turkey
Kayapınar
Kayapınar
Location in Turkey
Coordinates: 37°57′N 40°10′E / 37.950°N 40.167°E / 37.950; 40.167
CountryTurkey
ProvinceDiyarbakır
Area
480 km2 (190 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)[1]
419,513
 • Density870/km2 (2,300/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+3 (TRT)
Postal code
21070
Area code0412
Websitewww.kayapinar.bel.tr

Kayapınar is municipality and district of Diyarbakır Province, Turkey.[2] Its area is 480 km2,[3] and its population is 419,513 (2022).[1] It covers the northwestern part of the city of Diyarbakır and the adjacent countryside.[4][5] The district Kayapınar was created in 2008 from part of the central district (Merkez) of Diyarbakır.[6][7]

In the local elections of 31 March 2019, Keziban Yılmaz was elected Mayor with 66,35% of the votes.[8] On the 21 October 2019, he was detained due to an investigation concerning propaganda for a terror organization and being a member of a terror organization.[9]

During the Mayorship of Zülküf Karatekin, there was an unnamed park in the town.[10] The Kayapinar Park was named Rosna by the Municipality in 2008, but this name was rejected by the Governorship of Kayapinar.[10] An other park was the Medya Park in which a pool allegedly in the shape of a Kurdistan was located.[10] Karatekin was investigated for being involved in the construction of the pool in 2007.[11] The Ceylan Önkol park was inaugurated in 2010 to which inauguration Karatekin sent a letter from prison.[10]

Composition

There are 34 neighbourhoods in Kayapınar District:[12]

References

  1. ^ a b "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
  2. ^ Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
  3. ^ "İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri". General Directorate of Mapping. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
  4. ^ "Tens of thousands marching to Sur amid police crackdown". ANF News. Retrieved 2019-05-26.
  5. ^ Merkezi, Arkitera Mimarlık. "Diyarbakır'da Yaşam Alanlarını Yeniden Kurmak Üzerine". Arkitera.com (in Turkish). Retrieved 2019-05-26.
  6. ^ Kanun No. 5747, Resmî Gazete, 22 March 2008.
  7. ^ "İl İdaresi ve Mülki Bölümler Şube Müdürlüğü İstatistikleri - İl ve İlçe Kuruluş Tarihleri" (PDF) (in Turkish). p. 28. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  8. ^ "Diyarbakır Kayapınar Seçim Sonuçları - 31 Mart 2019 Yerel Seçimleri". www.sabah.com.tr. Retrieved 2019-10-21.
  9. ^ "3 HDP Diyarbakir Mayors detained". Bianet. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
  10. ^ a b c d Güvenç, Muna (2011). "Constructing Narratives of Kurdish Nationalism in the Urban Space of Diyarbakir, Turkey". Traditional Dwellings and Settlements Review. 23 (1): 35–37. ISSN 1050-2092. JSTOR 41758881 – via JSTOR.
  11. ^ "DTP Mayor faces charges for building 'Kurdistan'-shaped public swimming pool". Hürriyet (in Turkish). Retrieved 2022-07-03.
  12. ^ Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.


Stub icon

This Kurdistan-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Stub icon

This geographical article about a location in Diyarbakır Province, Turkey is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.