Karayazı
Karayazı (Kurdish: Qereyazî) is a municipality and district of Erzurum Province, Turkey. Its area is 1,953 km, and its population is 25,543 (2022). In March 2019 Melike Göksu (HDP) was elected mayor. On 17 September 2019 she was dismissed and arrested due to a sentence of 7 years and 6 months for terrorist propaganda. Kaymakam Mesut Tabakçıoğlu was appointed as a trustee instead.
Composition
There are 75 neighbourhoods in Karayazı District:
- Abdurrahmanköy
- Ağaçlı
- Akarsu
- Akpınar
- Alemdağı
- Aliküllek
- Anıtlı
- Aşağıincesu
- Aşağısöylemez
- Aydınsu
- Bayraktar
- Bezirhane
- Çakmaközü
- Çalışkan
- Çaltılı
- Çatalören
- Çavuşköy
- Çayırbeyli
- Çelikli
- Çepi
- Değirmenkaya
- Dörtpınar
- Doruca
- Dündarköy
- Duruca
- Elmaağaç
- Geventepe
- Göksu
- Göktepe
- Güllü
- Hacıbayram
- Hasanova
- Kapanlı
- Karaağıl
- Karabey
- Karakale
- Karakaya
- Karasu
- Karşıyaka
- Kayalar
- Kazbel
- Kırgındere
- Kırıkpınar
- Kösehasan
- Köyceğiz
- Kurupınar
- Mollabekir
- Mollaosman
- Muratlı
- Payveren
- Şakirköy
- Salyamaç
- Sancaktar
- Sarıçiçek
- Selenli
- Sukonak
- Sulutaş
- Taşan
- Tosunlu
- Turnagöl
- Uğurdalı
- Ulucanlar
- Üzengili
- Yahyaköy
- Yalındal
- Yeni
- Yeniköy
- Yeşilova
- Yeşilyurt
- Yiğityolu
- Yolgören
- Yücelik
- Yukarıçığılgan
- Yukarıcihanbey
- Yukarısöylemez
Notable people
- Hozan Canê (*1971), German-Kurdish singer
References
- ^ "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
- ^ "Ko-Bürgermeisterin von Qereyazî verhaftet". ANF News (in German). Retrieved 18 December 2019.
- ^ Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
- ^ "İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri". General Directorate of Mapping. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
- ^ "Erzurum Karayazı Seçim Sonuçları - 31 Mart 2019 Yerel Seçimleri". www.sabah.com.tr. Retrieved 2019-09-22.
- ^ "Karayazı District Mayor Replaced with Trustee After Her Arrest". Bianet. 18 September 2019. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
- ^ Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
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