Dulkadiroğlu is a municipality and district of Kahramanmaraş Province, Turkey.[2] Its area is 1,176 km2,[3] and its population is 226,409 (2022).[1] The district Dulkadiroğlu was created at the 2013 reorganisation from parts of the former central district of Kahramanmaraş and the district of Pazarcık, along with the new district Onikişubat.[4][5] It covers the eastern part of the agglomeration of Kahramanmaraş and the adjacent countryside. The name Kahramanmaraş is reserved for the metropolitan municipality.

Dulkadiroğlu
Map showing Dulkadiroğlu District in Kahramanmaraş Province
Map showing Dulkadiroğlu District in Kahramanmaraş Province
Dulkadiroğlu is located in Turkey
Dulkadiroğlu
Dulkadiroğlu
Location in Turkey
Coordinates: 37°35′N 36°56′E / 37.583°N 36.933°E / 37.583; 36.933
CountryTurkey
ProvinceKahramanmaraş
Government
 • MayorMehmet Akpinar (YRP)
Area
1,176 km2 (454 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)[1]
226,409
 • Density190/km2 (500/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+3 (TRT)
Area code0344
Websitewww.dulkadiroglu.bel.tr

"Dulkadiroğlu" means "son of Dulkadir"; Dulkadir was a Turkmen tribe leader who had founded a beylik (principality) in and around Kahramanmaraş in the 15th century.

Many of the neighborhoods have an Alevi Kurd population.[6]

Composition

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There are 105 neighbourhoods in Dulkadiroğlu District:[7]

  • Abbaslar
  • Ağabeyli
  • Aksu
  • Akyar
  • Alibeyuşağı
  • Arslanbey Çiftliği
  • Aslanbey
  • Ayaklıcaoluk
  • Bağlarbaşı
  • Bahçeli
  • Bahçelievler
  • Ballıca
  • Başdervişli
  • Bayazıtlı
  • Baydemirli
  • Beşenli
  • Boyalı
  • Budaklı
  • Bulanık
  • Çatmayayla
  • Çiğli
  • Çınarlı
  • Çobanlı
  • Çokyaşar
  • Delilköy
  • Demirciler
  • Denizli
  • Dereköy
  • Dereli
  • Divanlı
  • Doğanlıkarahasan
  • Doğukent
  • Dulkadiroğlu
  • Duraklı
  • Egemenlik
  • Ekberoğlu
  • Ekmekçi
  • Elmalar
  • Erkenez
  • Eskinarlı
  • Eyüp Sultan
  • Ferhuş
  • Fevzipaşa
  • Gaffarlı
  • Gazipaşa
  • Genç Osman
  • Göllü
  • Güneşevler
  • Güzelyurt
  • Hacıeyüplü
  • Halkaçayırı
  • İsa Divanlı
  • İsmetpaşa
  • İstasyon
  • Kabasakal
  • Kanuni
  • Kapıçam
  • Karamanlı
  • Karataş
  • Karaziyaret
  • Karşıyaka
  • Kartal
  • Kayabaşı
  • Kazanlıpınar
  • Kemalli
  • Kılağlı
  • Kırım
  • Kocalar
  • Kozludere
  • Küçüknacar
  • Küpelikız
  • Kurtuluş
  • Kuzucak
  • Maksutuşağı
  • Mamaraş
  • Mehmet Akif
  • Menderes
  • Namık Kemal
  • Navruzlu
  • Öksüzlü
  • Osmanbey
  • Peynirdere
  • Pınarbaşı
  • Sakarya
  • Sarıkaya
  • Senem Ayşe
  • Şerefoğlu
  • Şeyh Adil
  • Şeyh Şamil
  • Seyrantepe
  • Sivricehüyük
  • Söğütlü
  • Sümer
  • Sütçü Imam
  • Tevekkelli
  • Turan
  • Ulutaş
  • Yahya Kemal
  • Yavuzselim
  • Yenikent
  • Yenipınar
  • Yenişehir
  • Yeniyurt
  • Yeşiltepe
  • Yusufhacılı

References

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  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. 46. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
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  7. ^ Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.