District and municipality in Diyarbakır, Turkey
Kocaköy (Kurdish : Karaz ;[ 2] Ottoman Turkish : کاراز [ 3] ) is a municipality and district of Diyarbakır Province , Turkey .[ 4] Its area is 248 km2 ,[ 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]
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
^ a b "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS) . TÜİK . Retrieved 12 July 2023 .
^ a b "Nameyê Mezra û Dewanê Karazî" (PDF) (in Kurdish). Retrieved 29 September 2023 .
^ Tahir Sezen, Osmanlı Yer Adları (Alfabetik Sırayla) , T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, Yayın Nu 21, Ankara, p. 284.
^ 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 .
^ Şafak, Yeni (2019-11-13). "Diyarbakır Kocaköy Seçim Sonuçları – Kocaköy Yerel Seçim Sonuçları" . Yeni Şafak (in Turkish). Retrieved 2019-11-13 .
^ "Dismissed Kocaköy Co-Mayor Nazlıer Faces 15 Years in Prison" . Bianet . Retrieved 13 November 2019 .
^ "Kaymakam Yasin Yunak" . www.kocakoy.gov.tr . Retrieved 2019-11-13 .
^ "Trustees appointed to 4 district municipalities in Turkey's southeast" . DailySabah . 22 October 2019. Retrieved 2019-11-13 .
^ Mahalle , Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
^ 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 .
^ Kurdistan24. "Turkey declares curfew in Kurdish province of Diyarbakir" . Kurdistan24 . Retrieved 2019-11-13 . {{cite web }}
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