Çatak Explained

Type:metro district
Çatak
Coordinates:38.0086°N 43.0597°W
Province:Van
Leader Party:AKP
Leader Name:Abdurrahman Şeylan
Area Total Km2:1952
Population Total:18462
Population As Of:2022
Postal Code:65870
Area Code:0432

Çatak (Kurdish: Şax;[1] Armenian: Շատախ|Šatax) is a municipality and district of Van Province, Turkey.[2] Its area is 1,952 km2,[3] and its population is 18,462 (2022).[4] As mayor Abdurrahman Şeylan from the Justice and Development Party (AKP) was elected in the local elections in March 2019,[5] Sercan Sakarya is the current Kaymakam, installed in August 2022.[6]

2006 bomb attack

Two people were killed in a bomb explosion at an outdoor cafe in south-east Turkey, police stated on September 4, 2006. It followed a series of bombings in the last week of August 2006, at Turkish resorts and in Istanbul, that killed at least three people.

A separatist militant group, the Kurdistan Freedom Hawks (TAK), has said it carried out those attacks. Its website warned on August 29, 2006 that it would turn "Turkey into hell". The group, which is said to be linked to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), called on foreign tourists not to travel to the country.

Turkish media said a remote-controlled bomb in Çatak was detonated as police arrived to investigate a suspicious package. One of the two people killed was a police officer, the state-run Anadolu Agency reported. A local official said the bomb had been placed in a rubbish bin.[7]

Demographics

On the eve of World War I, before the Armenian genocide, the Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople indicated that the town's population consisted of 1,096 Armenians (219 houses) and 9 Kurds (2 houses).[8]

Composition

There are 33 neighbourhoods in Çatak District:[9]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Adem Avcıkıran . Kürtçe Anamnez Anamneza bi Kurmancî . 2009 . 57 . 17 December 2019 . tr, ku.
  2. https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi
  3. Web site: İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri. General Directorate of Mapping. 19 September 2023.
  4. Web site: Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports. 19 September 2023. TÜİK. en. XLS.
  5. Web site: Van Çatak Seçim Sonuçları – Çatak Yerel Seçim Sonuçları. Şafak. Yeni. 2020-03-14. Yeni Şafak. tr-TR. 2020-03-14.
  6. Web site: Kaymakam. Çatak Kaymakamlıgı. 29 September 2023.
  7. News: Two killed in Turkey cafe blast. 2006-09-04. BBC.
  8. Book: Les Arméniens dans l'Empire ottoman: à la veille du génocide . 1992 . Éd. d'Art et d'Histoire, ARHIS . 978-2-906755-09-3 . Kévorkian . Raymond H. . Paris . 554 . Paboudjian . Paul B..
  9. https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx Mahalle