Viranşehir
Viranşehir | |
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District and municipality | |
Coordinates: 37°13′50″N 39°45′55″E / 37.23056°N 39.76528°E | |
Country | Turkey |
Province | Şanlıurfa |
Government | |
• Mayor | Salih Ekinci (AKP) |
Area | 2,297 km2 (887 sq mi) |
Population (2022)[1] | 207,315 |
• Density | 90/km2 (230/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+3 (TRT) |
Postal code | 63700 |
Area code | 0414 |
Website | www |
Viranşehir (
History
According to the Byzantine historian
The city became the base for the Ottoman statesman of
On the eve of World War I, Viranşehir's Armenian population of numbered 1,339. The city's kaimakam apparently objected to May 1915 orders of raids on the population, but higher-ups eventually prevailed, and the entire population was massacred or sent to Ras al-'Ayn.[10]
Modern city
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
---|---|---|
1990 | 100,361 | — |
1997 | 163,975 | +7.27% |
2007 | 152,469 | −0.72% |
2012 | 172,422 | +2.49% |
2017 | 192,966 | +2.28% |
2022 | 207,315 | +1.44% |
Source: 1990 census,[11] 1997 census[12] and TÜIK (2007-2022)[1] |
Thanks to the income from cotton, Viranşehir is a fast-growing town.
The Mayor of Viransehir, Leyla Güven, was detained in December 2009 under Turkey's anti-terror legislation. Her trial began on 18 October 2010. She was released in July 2014 with 30 other local elected representatives, after four years of detention.[13]
Salih Ekinci from the Justice and Development Party (AKP) was elected Mayor of Viranşehir in the 31 March 2019 Local Election.[14] The current Kaymakam is Önder Koç.[15]
Composition
There are 148
- Abalar
- Adaköy
- Akçataş
- Akkese
- Alakonak
- Altınbaşak
- Anıt
- Arısu
- Arıtır
- Aşağıtınaz
- Aslanbaba
- Atatürk
- Atıcılar
- Ayaklı
- Ayrıdüşen
- Azadi(Evrenpaşa)
- Bahçelievler
- Bakımlı
- Ballıca
- Başaran
- Başköy
- Beğrük
- Binekli
- Bozca
- Burç
- Büyükbardakçı
- Büyükçavuş
- Büyükgörümlü
- Büyükmutlu
- Çalıcık
- Çamurlu
- Ceylan
- Çiftçiler
- Çiftekuyu
- Çokran
- Cumhuriyet
- Dedeköy
- Defterdar
- Değim
- Demirci
- Dikili
- Dinçer
- Dinçkök
- Ekinciler
- Ekindöver
- Elbeğendi
- Elgün
- Emiroğlu
- Engelli
- Eser
- Eskikale
- Eşkin
- Esvetoğlu
- Evcimen
- Eyyüpnebi
- Germen
- Göğerli
- Göktepe
- Gölbaşı
- Gölcük
- Gömülü
- Gönüllü
- Gözeli
- Gözler
- Güleryüz
- Gürpınar
- Güzlek
- Hürriyet
- İncirli
- İsa Harabesi
- Işıldar
- Kadıköy
- Kale
- Karakuzu
- Karataş
- Karatepe
- Kargalı
- Karınca
- Kavurga
- Keçeli
- Kemerli
- Kervansarayı
- Kınalıtepe
- Kırbalı
- Kırkgöz
- Kışla
- Kızlarsarayı
- Kolağası
- Konakyeri
- Koşulu
- Kucak
- Küçükmutlu
- Küçüktopça
- Kumçeşme
- Kurtulmuş
- Kururoğlu
- Malta
- Mehmetçik
- Nergizli
- Oğlakçı
- Övüncük
- Özal
- Pınarlar
- Reyhanlı
- Sağırtaş
- Şahinli
- Sakalar
- Samanlı
- Sarıbal
- Şarkpınar
- Satıcık
- Sayoba
- Şehit
- Selahattinieyyubi
- Sepetli
- Sergen
- Sevgili
- Şırnak
- Sözeri
- Süleymaniye
- Tanyeli
- Taşönü
- Taşyaka
- Tekke
- Tekneli
- Tepedüzü
- Toklu
- Tunçbilek
- Türkeli
- Üçgül
- Uğurlu
- Ulaklı
- Yaban
- Yağızlar
- Yarpuz
- Yayık
- Yazgüneşi
- Yeni
- Yenişehir
- Yeşilalıç
- Yeşildurak
- Yıldız
- Yolbilen
- Yollarbaşı
- Yüceler
- Yukarıbağ
- Yukarıdilimli
- Yukarışölenli
Notable people
- Bilge Özgen (1935*), Musical Artist
- Şivan Perwer (1955*), Musical Artist
- Nureddin Nebati (1964*), politician
- Ayşe Sürücü (1983*), Politician
- Semra Güzel (1984*), medical doctor and a politician
- Deniz Kadah (1986*), Footballer
References
- ^ a b c "Population Of SRE-1, SRE-2, Provinces and Districts". TÜIK. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
- ^ Adem Avcıkıran (2009). Kürtçe Anamnez Anamneza bi Kurmancî (PDF) (in Turkish and Kurdish). p. 57. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
- ^ Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
- ^ "İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri". General Directorate of Mapping. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-19-504652-6
- ^ Jongerden, Joost (2012). Social Relations in Ottoman Diyarbekir, 1870-1915. Leiden: Brill. pp. 62–65.
- ^ Üngör, Uğur Ümit (2011). The Making of Modern Turkey: Nation and State in Eastern Anatolia, 1913-1950. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 18.
- ^ Klein, Janet (2011). The Margins of Empire: Kurdish Militias in the Ottoman Tribal Zone. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press. p. 102.
- ^ Klein, Janet (2011). The Margins of Empire: Kurdish Militias in the Ottoman Tribal Zone. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press. pp. 103–104.
- ^ Kevorkian, Raymond (2011). The Armenian Genocide: a Complete History. New York: Tauris. p. 366.
- ^ "1990 General Census" (PDF) (in Turkish). Turkish Statistical Institute. 1991. Archived (PDF) from the original on 31 August 2021.
- ^ "1997 Population Count" (PDF) (in Turkish). Turkish Statistical Institute. 1999. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 October 2022.
- ^ "Congress pleased by a release of Leyla Güven and the other elected representatives detained in Turkey"; http://www.coe.int/t/congress/files/topics/leyla-guven/default_en.asp
- ^ Şafak, Yeni (2019-09-12). "Şanlıurfa Viranşehir Seçim Sonuçları – Viranşehir Yerel Seçim Sonuçları". Yeni Şafak (in Turkish). Retrieved 2019-12-12.
- ^ "Kaymakam Önder Koç". www.viransehir.gov.tr. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
- ^ Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.