Kocaköy (Kurdish: Karaz; Ottoman Turkish: کاراز) is a municipality and district of Diyarbakır Province, Turkey. Its area is 248 km, and its population is 15,355 (2022). It is populated by Kurds.

Politics

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

Composition

There are 22 neighbourhoods in Kocaköy District:

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.

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