İpekyolu

İpekyolu
District and municipality
Map showing İpekyolu District in Van Province
Map showing İpekyolu District in Van Province
İpekyolu is located in Turkey
İpekyolu
İpekyolu
Location in Turkey
Coordinates: 38°27′57″N 43°20′35″E / 38.4658°N 43.3431°E / 38.4658; 43.3431
CountryTurkey
ProvinceVan
Area
956 km2 (369 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)[1]
348,046
 • Density360/km2 (940/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+3 (TRT)
Area code0432
Websitewww.ipekyolu.bel.tr

İpekyolu is a municipality and district of Van Province, Turkey.[2] Its area is 956 km2,[3] and its population is 348,046 (2022).[1] The district İpekyolu was created at the 2013 reorganisation from part of the former central district of Van, along with the new district Tuşba.[4][5] It covers the central and eastern part of the agglomeration of Van and the adjacent countryside. The name İpekyolu means Silk road; Van was an important stop on the silk road.

Politics[edit]

On 30 March 2014, Aygül Bidav from the Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) was elected the first mayor of İpekyolu.[6] But a trustee was appointed on the 11 September 2016.[7] In the local elections in March 2019 Azim Yacan from the Peoples Democratic Party (HDP) became Mayor.[8] Following Şehzade Kurt was elected Co-Mayor of İpekyolu. In November 2019, Yacan and Kurt were arrested accused of being a member of a terrorist organization and a trustee was appointed.[9] The current District Governor is Sinan Aslan.[10]

Composition[edit]

There are 51 neighbourhoods in İpekyolu District:[11]

  • Ağzıkara
  • Aktaş
  • Alipaşa
  • Arıtoprak
  • Aşağıçitli
  • Aşağıgölalan
  • Bahçivan
  • Baklatepe
  • Bakraçlı
  • Beşçatak
  • Bostaniçi
  • Buzhane
  • Çalımlı
  • Cevdetpaşa
  • Cumhuriyet
  • Değirmenarkı
  • Değirmenköy
  • Dereüstü
  • Dibekli
  • Eminpaşa
  • Erçek
  • Esenler
  • Gövelek
  • Hacıbekir
  • Hafiziye
  • Halilağa
  • Hatuniye
  • Ilıkaynak
  • Irgat
  • Karagündüz
  • Karakoç
  • Karpuzalanı
  • Karşıyaka
  • Kavuncu
  • Kaymaklı
  • Kevenli
  • Kıratlı
  • Köşebaşı
  • Ortanca
  • Sarmaç
  • Selimbey
  • Şerefiye
  • Serhat
  • Seyitfehimarvasi
  • Vali Mithatbey
  • Yalı
  • Yalınağaç
  • Yatıksırt
  • Yenimahalle
  • Yukarıgölalan
  • Yukarıgüneyce

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  2. ^ Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  3. ^ "İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri". General Directorate of Mapping. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  4. ^ "Law No. 6360". Official Gazette (in Turkish). 6 December 2012.
  5. ^ "İl İdaresi ve Mülki Bölümler Şube Müdürlüğü İstatistikleri - İl ve İlçe Kuruluş Tarihleri" (PDF) (in Turkish). p. 83. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
  6. ^ Şafak, Yeni (2019-12-11). "Van İpekyolu Seçim Sonuçları – İpekyolu Yerel Seçim Sonuçları". Yeni Şafak (in Turkish). Retrieved 2019-11-12.
  7. ^ "Trustee appointed in place of the trustee at İpekyolu Municipality". ANF News. Retrieved 2019-11-13.
  8. ^ Şafak, Yeni (2019-12-11). "Van İpekyolu Seçim Sonuçları – İpekyolu Yerel Seçim Sonuçları". Yeni Şafak (in Turkish). Retrieved 2019-11-12.
  9. ^ "İpekyolu District Co-Mayors Arrested". Bianet. 12 November 2019. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  10. ^ "İpekyolu Kaymakamı Sinan Aslan". www.ipekyolukaymakamligi.gov.tr. Retrieved 2019-11-12.
  11. ^ Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
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