Baykan (Kurdish: Hawêl)[1] is a municipality in the Baykan District of the Siirt Province in Turkey.[2] It is populated by Kurds and had a population of 5,544 in 2021.[3][4]
Baykan | |
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  Baykan Location in Turkey | |
| Coordinates: 38°09′50″N 41°47′05″E / 38.16389°N 41.78472°E | |
| Country | Turkey |
| Province | Siirt |
| District | Baykan |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Ramazan Sarsılmaz (HDP) |
| Population (2021) | 5,544 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (TRT) |
| Website | www.baykan.bel.tr |
Neighborhoods
editBaykan is divided into the neighborhoods of Cefan, Havel, İnönü, Karşıyaka and Yenidoğan.[2]
Politics
editIn the local elections in March 2019 Ramazan Sarsılmaz from the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) was elected mayor.[5] Mehmet Tunç was appointed Kaymakam in September 2018.[6] On 15 May 2020, Sarsılmaz was dismissed from his post, and Mehmet Tunç was appointed as the trustee of the municipality.[7]
References
edit- ^ Avcıkıran, Adem (2009). Kürtçe Anamnez, Anamneza bi Kurmancî (in Kurdish and Turkish). p. 57.
- ^ a b "Türkiye Mülki İdare Bölümleri Envanteri". T.C. İçişleri Bakanlığı (in Turkish). Retrieved 19 December 2022.
- ^ "31 ARALIK 2021 TARİHLİ ADRESE DAYALI NÜFUS KAYIT SİSTEMİ (ADNKS) SONUÇLARI" (XLS). TÜİK (in Turkish). Retrieved 16 December 2022.
- ^ Aşiretler raporu (in Turkish) (3rd ed.). Kaynak Yayınları. 2014. p. 272.
- ^ "Siirt Baykan Seçim Sonuçları - 31 Mart 2019 Yerel Seçimleri". www.sabah.com.tr. Retrieved 2020-05-16.
- ^ "Kaymakam Özgeçmişi". baykan.gov.tr. Retrieved 2020-05-16.
- ^ "Six HDP co-mayors removed from duty in southeastern Turkey, eastern province mayor detained". www.duvarenglish.com. 15 May 2020. Retrieved 2020-05-16.
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