Baykan

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Baykan
Municipality
mosque and tomb of Uwais al-Qarani, Baykan
mosque and tomb of Uwais al-Qarani, Baykan
Baykan is located in Turkey
Baykan
Baykan
Location in Turkey
Coordinates: 38°09′50″N 41°47′05″E / 38.16389°N 41.78472°E / 38.16389; 41.78472
CountryTurkey
ProvinceSiirt
DistrictBaykan
Government
 • MayorEkrem Erdem (AKP)
Population
 (2021)
5,544
Time zoneUTC+3 (TRT)
Websitewww.baykan.bel.tr

Baykan (Kurdish: Hawêl)[1] is a municipality in the Baykan District of the Siirt Province in Turkey.[2] It is populated by Kurds and had a population of 5,544 in 2021.[3][4]

Neighborhoods

Baykan is divided into the neighborhoods of Cefan, Havel, İnönü, Karşıyaka and Yenidoğan.[2]

Politics

In the local elections in March 2019 Ramazan Sarsılmaz from the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) was elected mayor.[5] Mehmet Tunç was appointed Kaymakam in September 2018.[6] On 15 May 2020, Sarsılmaz was dismissed from his post, and Mehmet Tunç was appointed as the trustee of the municipality.[7]

References

  1. ^ Avcıkıran, Adem (2009). Kürtçe Anamnez, Anamneza bi Kurmancî (in Kurdish and Turkish). p. 57.
  2. ^ a b "Türkiye Mülki İdare Bölümleri Envanteri". T.C. İçişleri Bakanlığı (in Turkish). Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  3. ^ "31 ARALIK 2021 TARİHLİ ADRESE DAYALI NÜFUS KAYIT SİSTEMİ (ADNKS) SONUÇLARI" (XLS). TÜİK (in Turkish). Retrieved 16 December 2022.
  4. ^ Aşiretler raporu (in Turkish) (3rd ed.). Kaynak Yayınları. 2014. p. 272.
  5. ^ "Siirt Baykan Seçim Sonuçları - 31 Mart 2019 Yerel Seçimleri". www.sabah.com.tr. Retrieved 2020-05-16.
  6. ^ "Kaymakam Özgeçmişi". baykan.gov.tr. Retrieved 2020-05-16.
  7. ^ "Six HDP co-mayors removed from duty in southeastern Turkey, eastern province mayor detained". www.duvarenglish.com. 15 May 2020. Retrieved 2020-05-16.


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