Bismil (Kurdish: Bismil)[2] is a municipality and district of Diyarbakır Province, Turkey.[3] Its area is 1,679 km2,[4] and its population is 118,698 (2022).[1] The district was established on 4 January 1936.[5]
Bismil | |
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District and municipality | |
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 Map showing Bismil District in Diyarbakır Province | |
  Bismil Location in Turkey | |
| Coordinates: 37°50′48″N 40°39′58″E / 37.84667°N 40.66611°E | |
| Country | Turkey |
| Province | Diyarbakır |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Orhan Ayaz (HDP) |
Area | 1,679 km2 (648 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[1] | 118,698 |
| • Density | 71/km2 (180/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (TRT) |
| Postal code | 20930 |
| Area code | 0412 |
| Website | www |
Neighborhoods
editThere are 122 neighbourhoods in Bismil District:[6]
- Ağılköy
- Ağıllı
- Ahmetli
- Akbaş
- Akçay
- Akköy
- Akpınar
- Alibey
- Alıncak
- Altıok
- Aluç
- Ambar
- Aralık
- Arapkent
- Arıkgöl
- Aşağıdolay
- Aşağıoba
- Aslanoğlu
- Ataköy
- Aygeçti
- Babahaki
- Bademli
- Baharlı
- Bahçe
- Balcılar
- Başhan
- Başköy
- Başören
- Belli
- Bölümlü
- Boyacı
- Bozçalı
- Çakallı
- Çakıllı
- Çatalköy
- Çavuşlu
- Çeltikli
- Çölağan
- Çöltepe
- Çorapa
- Derbent
- Dicle
- Doruk
- Dumlupınar
- Eliaçık
- Erler
- Esentepe
- Fatih
- Fırat
- Gedikbaşı
- Göksu
- Güngeçti
- Güroluk
- Güzelköy
- Harmanlı
- Hasanpınar
- İsalı
- İsapınar
- Işıklar
- Kağıtlı
- Kamberli
- Kamışlı
- Karabörk
- Karacık
- Karaçölya
- Karagöz
- Karapınar
- Karatepe
- Karayiğit
- Kavuşak
- Kayıköy
- Kazancı
- Keberli
- Kılavuztepe
- Koğuk
- Kopmaz
- Köprüköy
- Kopuzlu
- Korukçu
- Köseli
- Koyunlu
- Kumrulu
- Kurtuluş
- Kurudeğirmen
- Kurudere
- Merdan
- Meydanlık
- Mirzabey
- Obalı
- Ofköy
- Oğuzlar
- Pınarbaşı
- Şahintepe
- Sanayi
- Sarıköy
- Sarıtoprak
- Sazlı
- Seki
- Şentepe
- Serçeler
- Seyit Hasan
- Seyrantepe
- Sinanköy
- Tatlıçayır
- Tekel
- Tepe
- Tepecik
- Tilkilik
- Topraklı
- Türkmenhacı
- Üçtepe
- Uğrak
- Uğurlu
- Ulutürk
- Uyanık
- Yağmurköy
- Yamaçköy
- Yasince
- Yenice
- Yukarıdolay
- Yukarıharım
- Yukarısalat
The pre-2013 municipality was divided into the neighborhoods of Akpınar, Altıok, Dicle, Dumlupınar, Esentepe, Fatih, Fırat, Kurtuluş, Sanayi, Seyrantepe, Şentepe, Tekel and Ulutürk.
History
editOn the Körtik hill exists an archeological site.[7]
Politics
editIn the elections on the 31 March 2019 Orhan Ayaz from the Peoples' Democratic Party was elected as Mayor.[8] But in October he got dismissed due to an investigation.[9] A trustee was appointed instead.[10]
Notable people
edit- Özz Nûjen, comedian born in Bismil who later moved to Sweden
- Mehmet Mehdi Eker, former Minister of Food, Agriculture and Livestock
- Azize Tanrıkulu, Turkish taekwondo athlete
References
edit- ^ a b "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
- ^ Avcıkıran, Adem (2009). Kürtçe Anamnez, Anamneza bi Kurmancî (in Kurdish and Turkish). p. 55.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "İl İdaresi ve Mülki Bölümler Şube Müdürlüğü İstatistikleri - İl ve İlçe Kuruluş Tarihleri" (PDF) (in Turkish). p. 28. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
- ^ Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
- ^ "Körtik Hill offers thousands of artifacts". Hürriyet Daily News. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
- ^ Şafak, Yeni (11 May 2019). "Diyarbakır Bismil Seçim Sonuçları – Bismil Yerel Seçim Sonuçları". Yeni Şafak (in Turkish). Retrieved 5 November 2019.
- ^ "OPeration against co-mayors: Mızraklı, Yılmaz and Ayaz under custody". mezopotamyaajansi23.com. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
- ^ "Trustees appointed to 4 HDP-run city councils". ANF News. 22 October 2019. Retrieved 18 December 2021.