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.
İpekyolu | |
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District and municipality | |
 Map showing İpekyolu District in Van Province | |
  İpekyolu Location in Turkey | |
| Coordinates: 38°27′57″N 43°20′35″E / 38.4658°N 43.3431°E | |
| Country | Turkey |
| Province | Van |
Area | 956 km2 (369 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[1] | 348,046 |
| • Density | 360/km2 (940/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (TRT) |
| Area code | 0432 |
| Website | www |
Politics
editOn 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
editThere 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
Notable people
edit- Hanımzer Melet (borm 1993), national team wheelchair basketball player.[12]
References
edit- ^ a b "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
- ^ Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
- ^ "İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri". General Directorate of Mapping. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
- ^ "Law No. 6360". Official Gazette (in Turkish). 6 December 2012.
- ^ "İl İdaresi ve Mülki Bölümler Şube Müdürlüğü İstatistikleri - İl ve İlçe Kuruluş Tarihleri" (PDF) (in Turkish). p. 83. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
- ^ Şafak, Yeni (2019-12-11). "Van İpekyolu Seçim Sonuçları – İpekyolu Yerel Seçim Sonuçları". Yeni Şafak (in Turkish). Retrieved 2019-11-12.
- ^ "Trustee appointed in place of the trustee at İpekyolu Municipality". ANF News. Retrieved 2019-11-13.
- ^ Şafak, Yeni (2019-12-11). "Van İpekyolu Seçim Sonuçları – İpekyolu Yerel Seçim Sonuçları". Yeni Şafak (in Turkish). Retrieved 2019-11-12.
- ^ "İpekyolu District Co-Mayors Arrested". Bianet. 12 November 2019. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
- ^ "İpekyolu Kaymakamı Sinan Aslan". www.ipekyolukaymakamligi.gov.tr. Retrieved 2019-11-12.
- ^ Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
- ^ "TUR 23-57 FRA". FIBA Live Stats. Retrieved 17 July 2024.