İpekyolu explained
| Type: | metro district |
| İpekyolu |
| Coordinates: | 38.4658°N 43.3431°W |
| Province: | Van |
| Area Total Km2: | 956 |
| Population Total: | 348046 |
| Population As Of: | 2022 |
| Area Code: | 0432 |
İpekyolu is a municipality and district of Van Province, Turkey.[1] Its area is 956 km2,[2] and its population is 348,046 (2022).[3] The district İpekyolu was created at the 2013 reorganisation from part of the former central district of Van, along with the new district Tuşba.[4] [5] It covers the central and eastern part of the agglomeration of Van and the adjacent countryside. The name İpekyolu means Silk Road; Van was an important stop on the Silk Road.
Politics
On 30 March 2014, Aygül Bidav from the Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) was elected the first mayor of İpekyolu.[6] But a trustee was appointed on the 11 September 2016.[7] In the local elections in March 2019 Azim Yacan from the Peoples Democratic Party (HDP) became Mayor.[8] Following Şehzade Kurt was elected Co-Mayor of İpekyolu. In November 2019, Yacan and Kurt were arrested accused of being a member of a terrorist organization and a trustee was appointed.[9] The current District Governor is Sinan Aslan.[10]
Composition
There are 51 neighbourhoods in İpekyolu District:[11]
- Ağzıkara
- Aktaş
- Alipaşa
- Arıtoprak
- Aşağıçitli
- Aşağıgölalan
- Bahçivan
- Baklatepe
- Bakraçlı
- Beşçatak
- Bostaniçi
- Buzhane
- Çalımlı
- Cevdetpaşa
- Cumhuriyet
- Değirmenarkı
- Değirmenköy
- Dereüstü
- Dibekli
- Eminpaşa
- Erçek
- Esenler
- Gövelek
- Hacıbekir
- Hafiziye
- Halilağa
- Hatuniye
- Ilıkaynak
- Irgat
- Karagündüz
- Karakoç
- Karpuzalanı
- Karşıyaka
- Kavuncu
- Kaymaklı
- Kevenli
- Kıratlı
- Köşebaşı
- Ortanca
- Sarmaç
- Selimbey
- Şerefiye
- Serhat
- Seyitfehimarvasi
- Vali Mithatbey
- Yalı
- Yalınağaç
- Yatıksırt
- Yenimahalle
- Yukarıgölalan
- Yukarıgüneyce
Notable people
- Hanımzer Melet (borm 1993), national team wheelchair basketball player.
Notes and References
- https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi
- Web site: İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri. General Directorate of Mapping. 19 September 2023.
- Web site: Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports. 19 September 2023. TÜİK. en. XLS.
- Web site: Law No. 6360. 6 December 2012 . Official Gazette. tr.
- Web site: İl İdaresi ve Mülki Bölümler Şube Müdürlüğü İstatistikleri - İl ve İlçe Kuruluş Tarihleri . 29 September 2023. 83 . tr.
- Web site: Van İpekyolu Seçim Sonuçları – İpekyolu Yerel Seçim Sonuçları. Şafak. Yeni. 2019-12-11. Yeni Şafak. tr-TR. 2019-11-12.
- Web site: Trustee appointed in place of the trustee at İpekyolu Municipality. ANF News. en. 2019-11-13.
- Web site: Van İpekyolu Seçim Sonuçları – İpekyolu Yerel Seçim Sonuçları. Şafak. Yeni. 2019-12-11. Yeni Şafak. tr-TR. 2019-11-12.
- Web site: İpekyolu District Co-Mayors Arrested. 12 November 2019. Bianet. 13 November 2019.
- Web site: İpekyolu Kaymakamı Sinan Aslan. www.ipekyolukaymakamligi.gov.tr. 2019-11-12.
- https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx Mahalle
