| Type: | metro district |
| Dulkadiroğlu | |
| Coordinates: | 37.5833°N 92°W |
| Province: | Kahramanmaraş |
| Leader Party: | YRP |
| Leader Name: | Mehmet Akpinar |
| Area Total Km2: | 1176 |
| Population Total: | 226409 |
| Population As Of: | 2022 |
| Area Code: | 0344 |
Dulkadiroğlu is a municipality and district of Kahramanmaraş Province, Turkey.[1] Its area is 1,176 km2,[2] and its population is 226,409 (2022).[3] The district Dulkadiroğlu was created at the 2013 reorganisation from parts of the former central district of Kahramanmaraş and the district of Pazarcık, along with the new district Onikişubat.[4] [5] It covers the eastern part of the agglomeration of Kahramanmaraş and the adjacent countryside. The name Kahramanmaraş is reserved for the metropolitan municipality.
"Dulkadiroğlu" means "son of Dulkadir"; Dulkadir was a Turkmen tribe leader who had founded a beylik (principality) in and around Kahramanmaraş in the 15th century.
Many of the neighborhoods have an Alevi Kurd population.[6]
There are 105 neighbourhoods in Dulkadiroğlu District:[7]