Şırnak Province
Şırnak Province
Şırnak ili | |
---|---|
Country | Turkey |
Seat | Şırnak |
Government | |
• Governor | Cevdet Atay |
Area | 7,078 km2 (2,733 sq mi) |
Population (2023)[1] | 570,745 |
• Density | 81/km2 (210/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+3 (TRT) |
Area code | 0486 |
Website | www |
Şırnak Province (
The province had a population of 570,745 in 2023.[1] Its area is 7,078 km2.[7] It encompasses 19 municipalities, 240 villages and 192 hamlets.[3]
Considered part of Turkish Kurdistan,[8] the province has a Kurdish majority.[9]
Geography
Şırnak Province has some mountainous regions in the west and the south, but the majority of the province consists of plateaus, resulting from the many rivers that cross it. These include the
.Districts
Şırnak province is divided into seven districts (center district in bold):[3]
- Beytüşşebap District
- Cizre District
- Güçlükonak District
- İdil District
- Silopi District
- Şırnak District
- Uludere District
History
Inspectorate-General
In order to
Kurdish-Turkish conflict
Şırnak has been a focal point in the ongoing
Turkish Forces' operation, 1992
On 18 August 1992 Turkish forces attacked the city, killing 54 people, mostly children and women. For three days homes were burned, livestock were killed, and people were killed. 20,000 out of 25,000 residents fled the city, Amnesty International reported.[20][21]
During the operation, a curfew was imposed in the town and when it finally ended, the whole city was in ruins.
While the town was under bombardment, there was no way to get an account of what was happening in the region as journalists were prevented from entering the city centre which was completely burned down by the security forces. Şırnak was under fire for three days and tanks and cannons were used to hit buildings occupied by civilians.[22]
On 26 August 1992, Amnesty International sent requests to then Prime Minister, Süleyman Demirel, Interior Minister İsmet Sezgin, Emergency Legislation Governor Ünal Erkan and Şırnak province governor Mustafa Mala, to immediately initiate an independent and impartial inquiry into the events, to ensure no-one was mistreated in police custody and to make their results public.[23]
2015–2016 Clashes
The
Population
Historic population figures of the province:[26][1]
Year | Pop. | ±% |
---|---|---|
1990 | 262,006 | — |
2000 | 353,197 | +34.8% |
2010 | 430,109 | +21.8% |
2020 | 537,762 | +25.0% |
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- ^ a b c "Address Based Population Registration System Results". Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (in Turkish). Retrieved 15 February 2023.
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- ^ a b c "Türkiye Mülki İdare Bölümleri Envanteri". T.C. İçişleri Bakanlığı (in Turkish). Retrieved 19 December 2022.
- ^ Kanun No. 3647, Resmî Gazete, 18 May 1990.
- ^ "İl İdaresi ve Mülki Bölümler Şube Müdürlüğü İstatistikleri - İl ve İlçe Kuruluş Tarihleri" (PDF) (in Turkish). p. 77. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
- ^ "Yöneticilerimiz". Şırnak Valiliği. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
- ^ "İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri". General Directorate of Mapping. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
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- ISBN 9780295990507.
- ^ Siirt 1973 (in Turkish). Ajans-Türk Matbaacilak Sanayii. 1973. p. 102.
- ^ Üngör, Umut. "Young Turk social engineering : mass violence and the nation state in eastern Turkey, 1913- 1950" (PDF). University of Amsterdam. pp. 244–247. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
- ^ Aydogan, Erdal. "Üçüncü Umumi Müfettişliği'nin Kurulması ve III. Umumî Müfettiş Tahsin Uzer'in Bazı Önemli Faaliyetleri". Retrieved 8 April 2020.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-317-09579-8.
- ISBN 978-90-04-15557-2.
- ^ Umut, Üngör. "Young Turk social engineering : mass violence and the nation state in eastern Turkey, 1913- 1950" (PDF). University of Amsterdam. p. 258. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
- ISBN 978-0-521-62096-3.
- ^ "Turkey's Southeast Beginning to Resemble Syria". al-monitor. June 13, 2016. Retrieved December 31, 2016.
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- ^ Norwegian Refugee Council/Global IDP Project (4 October 2002). "Profile of internal displacement: Turkey" (PDF). p. 78.
- ^ amnesty.org
- ^ 18 AUGUST 1992: WHEN ŞIRNAK WAS TURNED INTO A DEAD CITY
- ^ "KURDS IN TURKEY SEEM TO BE NEARING FULL-SCALE REVOLT (Published 1992)". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2023-04-16.
- ^ "AI Index: EUR 44/85/92" (PDF). Amnesty International. 3 September 1992. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
- ^ "Turkey's Şırnak Now Nothing But Rubble". Al-Monitor. December 2, 2016. Retrieved December 31, 2016.
- ^ "Şırnak'ta hasar tespiti yappıldı!..2 bin 44 ev yıkıldı". dogan haber ajansi (in Turkish). November 16, 2016. Retrieved December 31, 2016.
- ^ "Genel Nüfus Sayımları" (in Turkish). Retrieved 1 March 2023.