Hozat Explained

Type:	municipality
Hozat
Province:	Tunceli
District:	Hozat
Coordinates:	39.107°N 39.22°W
Population Total:	3634
Population As Of:	2021
Leader Party:	SOL Parti
Leader Title:	Mayor
Leader Name:	Aydin Kaya

Hozat (Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928);: خوزات,^[1] Kurdish: Xozat) is a municipality (belde) and seat of Hozat District in Tunceli Province, Turkey.^[2] It is populated by Kurds and had a population of 3,634 in 2021.^{[3] [4]}

Seyfi Geyik from the Republican People's Party (CHP) was elected mayor in the local elections in March 2019.^[5]

The town is divided into the neighborhoods of Diyap Ağa, Fikripaşa, Köprübaşı and Yenimahalle.

History

In the 10th century, it was known as Chozanon (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Χόζανον), and formed a thema after its conquest by the Byzantine Empire shortly after 938.^[6] Near the city are the ruins of the Ergen church which according to Rudaw was erected by Armenians 1300 years ago.^[7]

Notes and References

1. Tahir Sezen, Osmanlı Yer Adları (Alfabetik Sırayla), T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, Yayın Nu 21, Ankara, p. 240.
2. Web site: Türkiye Mülki İdare Bölümleri Envanteri . 19 December 2022 . T.C. İçişleri Bakanlığı . tr.
3. Web site: Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2021 . 30 January 2023 . . tr . XLS.
4. Book: Andrews . Peter . Ethnic Groups in the Republic of Turkey: Supplement and Index . Benninghaus . Rüdiger . 2002 . 9783895002298 . 57.
5. Web site: Tunceli Hozat Seçim Sonuçları – Hozat Yerel Seçim Sonuçları. Şafak. Yeni. 2019-06-12. Yeni Şafak. tr-TR. 2019-12-06.
6. Book: Oikonomides, Nicolas. Nicolas Oikonomides

   . Nicolas Oikonomides. Les Listes de Préséance Byzantines des IXe et Xe Siècles. Paris, France. Editions du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique. 1972. French. 359.

7. Web site: Haidari. Ali. 13 August 2020. Armenian church left neglected, looted in eastern Turkey. 2021-12-19. Rudaw.