Kocaköy Explained

Type:	metro district
Kocaköy
Coordinates:	38.2897°N 40.5014°W
Province:	Diyarbakır
Leader Party:	HDP
Leader Name:	Rojda Nazlıer
Area Total Km2:	248
Population Total:	15355
Population As Of:	2022
Postal Code:	21450
Area Code:	0412

Kocaköy (Kurdish: Karaz;^[1] Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928);: کاراز^[2]) is a municipality and district of Diyarbakır Province, Turkey.^[3] Its area is 248 km²,^[4] and its population is 15,355 (2022).^[5] It is populated by Kurds.

Politics

In the local elections in March 2019 Rojda Nazlıer was elected mayor.^[6] In October 2019 she was dismissed and charged with being a member of a terrorist organization.^[7] The current District Governor is Yasin Yunak,^[8] who was also appointed as trustee after Nazlıer was dismissed.^[9]

Composition

There are 22 neighbourhoods in Kocaköy District:^[10]

• Anbar
• Arkbaşı
• Boyunlu
• Bozbağlar
• Bozyar
• Çakmaklı
• Çayırlı
• Çaytepe
• Eyüpler
• Gökçen
• Gözebaşı
• Günalan
• Hacıreşit
• Kaya
• Kokulupınar
• Şaklat
• Şerifoğulları
• Şeyhşerafettin
• Suçıktı
• Tepecik
• Yazıköy
• Yenişehir

History

During the conflict between the Turkish Government and the Workers' Party of Kurdistan (PKK), a part of the districts rural population was resettled urban areas.^[11]

In 2017 curfews were declared by the Turkish government aimed to support the fight against the PKK.^[12]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Nameyê Mezra û Dewanê Karazî . 29 September 2023 . ku.
2. Tahir Sezen, Osmanlı Yer Adları (Alfabetik Sırayla), T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, Yayın Nu 21, Ankara, p. 284.
3. https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi
4. Web site: İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri. General Directorate of Mapping. 12 July 2023.
5. Web site: Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports. 12 July 2023. TÜİK. en. XLS.
6. Web site: Diyarbakır Kocaköy Seçim Sonuçları – Kocaköy Yerel Seçim Sonuçları. Şafak. Yeni. 2019-11-13. Yeni Şafak. tr-TR. 2019-11-13.
7. Web site: Dismissed Kocaköy Co-Mayor Nazlıer Faces 15 Years in Prison. Bianet. 13 November 2019.
8. Web site: Kaymakam Yasin Yunak. www.kocakoy.gov.tr. 2019-11-13.
9. Web site: Trustees appointed to 4 district municipalities in Turkey's southeast. DailySabah. 22 October 2019 . 2019-11-13.
10. https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx Mahalle
11. Jongerden. Joost. 2010-03-29. Village Evacuation and Reconstruction in Kurdistan (1993-2002). Études rurales. fr. 186. 77–100. 10.4000/etudesrurales.9241. 1777-537X. free.
12. Web site: Turkey declares curfew in Kurdish province of Diyarbakir. Kurdistan24. Kurdistan24. en. 2019-11-13.