Artuklu Explained

Type:	metro district
Artuklu
Coordinates:	37.3167°N 84°W
Province:	Mardin
Leader Party:	AKP
Leader Name:	Mehmet Tatlıdede
Area Total Km2:	885
Population Total:	189769
Population As Of:	2022
Area Code:	0482

Artuklu (Kurdish :Ertuqî) is a municipality and district of Mardin Province, Turkey.^[1] Its area is 885 km²,^[2] and its population is 189,769 (2022).^[3] It encompasses the city of Mardin and the adjacent countryside to the north and southeast.

Government

The district Artuklu was created at the 2013 reorganisation from the former central district of Mardin Province.^{[4] [5]} In March 2019, Abdulkadir Tutaşı was elected mayor.^[6] He resigned in 2022 due to health problems, and was replaced by Mehmet Tatlıdede.^[7] Since August 2021, Mesut Tabakçıoğlu has been the Kaymakam.^[8]

Settlements

There are 91 neighbourhoods in Artuklu District, of which 23 were part of the pre-2013 municipality of Mardin:^[9]

• 13. Mart^[10]
• Acar
• Ahmetli
• Akbağ
• Akıncı
• Alakuş
• Alımlı
• Ambar
• Aran
• Arpatepe
• Aşağıyeniköy
• Avcılar
• Aytepe
• Bağlıca
• Boztepe
• Buğday
• Çabuk^[10]
• Çağlar
• Çalışlı
• Çatak
• Çayırpınar
• Cevizlik
• Cevizpınarı
• Çiftlikköy
• Çıplaktepe
• Çukuryurt
• Cumhuriyet^[10]
• Dara
• Dibektaş
• Diyarbakırkapı^[10]
• Düzlük
• Elmabahçe
• Eminettin^[10]
• Ensar^[10]
• Eroğlu
• Eryeri
• Esentepe
• Eskikale
• Gökçe
• Göllü
• Gül^[10]
• Güneyli
• Gürağaç
• Hamzabey
• Hatunlu
• Haydar
• Hüyüklü
• İstasyon^[10]
• Kabala
• Karademir
• Kayacan^[10]
• Konaklı
• Kotek^[10]
• Küçükköy
• Kumlu
• Kuyulu
• Latifiye^[10]
• Medrese^[10]
• Necmettin^[10]
• Nur^[10]
• Nur (Akıncı)
• Ofis^[10]
• Ortaköy
• Özlüce
• Sakalar
• Şar^[10]
• Saraçoğlu^[10]
• Savurkapı^[10]
• Şehidiye^[10]
• Sulak
• Sultanköy
• Tandır
• Teker^[10]
• Tilkitepe
• Tozan
• Ulucami^[10]
• Yalım
• Yardere
• Yaylabaşı
• Yaylacık
• Yaylaköy
• Yaylı
• Yenice
• Yenikapı^[10]
  • Yeniköy Yenişehir^[10]
• Yolbaşı
• Yüce
• Yukarıaydınlı
• Yukarıhatunlu
• Yukarıyeniköy

References

1. https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi
2. Web site: İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri. General Directorate of Mapping. 19 September 2023.
3. Web site: Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports. 19 September 2023. TÜİK. en. XLS.
4. Web site: Law No. 6360. 6 December 2012 . Official Gazette. tr.
5. Web site: İl İdaresi ve Mülki Bölümler Şube Müdürlüğü İstatistikleri - İl ve İlçe Kuruluş Tarihleri . 30 September 2023. 62 . tr.
6. Web site: Mardin Artuklu Seçim Sonuçları - 31 Mart 2019 Yerel Seçimleri. www.sabah.com.tr. 2020-04-08.
7. https://www.hurriyet.com.tr/gundem/artuklu-belediye-baskanligina-ak-partili-mehmet-tatlidede-secildi-42109906 Artuklu Belediye Başkanlığı’na AK Partili Mehmet Tatlıdede seçildi
8. Web site: Kaymakam Mesut Tabakçıoğlu. www.artuklu.gov.tr. 30 September 2023.
9. https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx Mahalle
10. Part of the pre-2013 municipality of Mardin, see 2012 populations of quarters of Mardin, TÜİK.