Kayapınar, Diyarbakır
Kayapınar | |
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District and municipality | |
 Map showing Kayapınar District in Diyarbakır Province | |
  Kayapınar Location in Turkey | |
| Coordinates: 37°57′N 40°10′E / 37.950°N 40.167°E / 37.950; 40.167 | |
| Country | Turkey |
| Province | Diyarbakır |
| Area | 480 km2 (190 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[1] | 419,513 |
| • Density | 870/km2 (2,300/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (TRT) |
| Postal code | 21070 |
| Area code | 0412 |
| Website | www.kayapinar.bel.tr |
Kayapınar is municipality and district of Diyarbakır Province, Turkey.[2] Its area is 480 km2,[3] and its population is 419,513 (2022).[1] It covers the northwestern part of the city of Diyarbakır and the adjacent countryside.[4][5] The district Kayapınar was created in 2008 from part of the central district (Merkez) of Diyarbakır.[6][7]
In the local elections of 31 March 2019, Keziban Yılmaz was elected Mayor with 66,35% of the votes.[8] On the 21 October 2019, he was detained due to an investigation concerning propaganda for a terror organization and being a member of a terror organization.[9]
During the Mayorship of Zülküf Karatekin, there was an unnamed park in the town.[10] The Kayapinar Park was named Rosna by the Municipality in 2008, but this name was rejected by the Governorship of Kayapinar.[10] An other park was the Medya Park in which a pool allegedly in the shape of a Kurdistan was located.[10] Karatekin was investigated for being involved in the construction of the pool in 2007.[11] The Ceylan Önkol park was inaugurated in 2010 to which inauguration Karatekin sent a letter from prison.[10]
Composition
There are 34 neighbourhoods in Kayapınar District:[12]
- Avcısuyu
- Barış
- Baykara
- Beneklitaş
- Cankatran
- Çölgüzeli
- Cücük
- Cumhuriyet
- Diclekent
- Esentepe
- Fırat
- Gözalan
- Gözegöl
- Güleçoba
- Harmanardı
- Hatipoğlu
- Huzurevleri
- Kaldırım
- Karayakup
- Keklik
- Kırkpınar
- Medya
- Mezopotamya
- Petek
- Peyas
- Sağkulak
- Sultantepe
- Taban
- Talaytepe
- Tişo
- Tosunlu
- Uyandık
- Yeniözerli
- Yolboyu Pirinçlık
References
- ^ a b "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Tens of thousands marching to Sur amid police crackdown". ANF News. Retrieved 2019-05-26.
- ^ Merkezi, Arkitera Mimarlık. "Diyarbakır'da Yaşam Alanlarını Yeniden Kurmak Üzerine". Arkitera.com (in Turkish). Retrieved 2019-05-26.
- ^ Kanun No. 5747, Resmî Gazete, 22 March 2008.
- ^ "İl İdaresi ve Mülki Bölümler Şube Müdürlüğü İstatistikleri - İl ve İlçe Kuruluş Tarihleri" (PDF) (in Turkish). p. 28. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
- ^ "Diyarbakır Kayapınar Seçim Sonuçları - 31 Mart 2019 Yerel Seçimleri". www.sabah.com.tr. Retrieved 2019-10-21.
- ^ "3 HDP Diyarbakir Mayors detained". Bianet. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
- ^ a b c d Güvenç, Muna (2011). "Constructing Narratives of Kurdish Nationalism in the Urban Space of Diyarbakir, Turkey". Traditional Dwellings and Settlements Review. 23 (1): 35–37. ISSN 1050-2092. JSTOR 41758881 – via JSTOR.
- ^ "DTP Mayor faces charges for building 'Kurdistan'-shaped public swimming pool". Hürriyet (in Turkish). Retrieved 2022-07-03.
- ^ Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
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