Kocaköy

For other uses, see Kocaköy (disambiguation).

Kocaköy
District and municipality
Map showing Kocaköy District in Diyarbakır Province
Kocaköy Location in Turkey
Coordinates: 38°17′23″N 40°30′05″E
Country	Turkey
Province	Diyarbakır
Government
• Mayor	Rojda Nazlıer (HDP)
Area	248 km^2 (96 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[1]	15,355
• Density	62/km^2 (160/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+3 (TRT)
Postal code	21450
Area code	0412
Website	www.kocakoy.bel.tr

Kocaköy (Kurdish: Karaz;[2] Ottoman Turkish: کاراز[3]) is a municipality and district of Diyarbakır Province, Turkey.[4] Its area is 248 km^2,[5] and its population is 15,355 (2022).[1] It is populated by Kurds.[2]

Politics

In the local elections in March 2019 Rojda Nazlıer was elected mayor.[6] In October 2019 she was dismissed and charged with being a member of a terrorist organization.[7] The current District Governor is Yasin Yunak,[8] who was also appointed as trustee after Nazlıer was dismissed.[9]

Composition

There are 22 neighbourhoods in Kocaköy District:[10]

• Anbar
• Arkbaşı
• Boyunlu
• Bozbağlar
• Bozyar
• Çakmaklı
• Çayırlı
• Çaytepe
• Eyüpler
• Gökçen
• Gözebaşı
• Günalan
• Hacıreşit
• Kaya
• Kokulupınar
• Şaklat
• Şerifoğulları
• Şeyhşerafettin
• Suçıktı
• Tepecik
• Yazıköy
• Yenişehir

History

During the conflict between the Turkish Government and the Workers' Party of Kurdistan (PKK), a part of the districts rural population was resettled urban areas.[11]

In 2017 curfews were declared by the Turkish government aimed to support the fight against the PKK.[12]

References

1. "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
2. "Nameyê Mezra û Dewanê Karazî" (PDF) (in Kurdish). Retrieved 29 September 2023.
3. Tahir Sezen, Osmanlı Yer Adları (Alfabetik Sırayla), T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, Yayın Nu 21, Ankara, p. 284.
4. Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
5. "İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri". General Directorate of Mapping. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
6. Şafak, Yeni (2019-11-13). "Diyarbakır Kocaköy Seçim Sonuçları – Kocaköy Yerel Seçim Sonuçları". Yeni Şafak (in Turkish). Retrieved 2019-11-13.
7. "Dismissed Kocaköy Co-Mayor Nazlıer Faces 15 Years in Prison". Bianet. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
8. "Kaymakam Yasin Yunak". www.kocakoy.gov.tr. Retrieved 2019-11-13.
9. "Trustees appointed to 4 district municipalities in Turkey's southeast". DailySabah. 22 October 2019. Retrieved 2019-11-13.
10. Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
11. Jongerden, Joost (2010-03-29). "Village Evacuation and Reconstruction in Kurdistan (1993-2002)". Études rurales (in French) (186): 77–100. doi:10.4000/etudesrurales.9241. ISSN 1777-537X.
12. Kurdistan24. "Turkey declares curfew in Kurdish province of Diyarbakir". Kurdistan24. Retrieved 2019-11-13.