Karaköprü

Karaköprü (Kurdish: Pira Reş‎)[1] is a district and second level municipality in Şanlıurfa Province, Turkey. Its eponymous city center is slightly north from central Urfa. In the local elections of March 2019, Metin Baydilli was elected Mayor of Karaköprü.[2] The current Kaymakam is Ufuk Akıl.[3]

Karaköprü
District
Karaköprü
Coordinates: 37°12′20″N 38°47′40″E
CountryTurkey
ProvinceŞanlıurfa
Government
 • MayorMetin Baydilli (AKP)
 • KaymakamUfuk Akıl
Websitewww.karakopru.gov.tr

According to the 2012 Metropolitan Municipalities Law (Law No. 6360), all Turkish provinces with a population of more than 750,000, will become metropolitan municipalities and the districts within the metropolitan municipalities will be second level municipalities. The law also creates new districts within the provinces in addition to present districts.[4]

Therefore, in 2014, the Şanlıurfa (Urfa) central district was split into three sections. The northern quarters of the city are named Karaköprü and the name Şanlıurfa are reserved for the metropolitan municipality.

Rural area

There were 86 villages in the rural area of Karaköprü. Now, their official status of the villages has become "neighborhood of Karaköprü".

References
  1. "Kürtlük Cereyanı ve legal Kürt siyasetinin üç atlısı" (in Turkish). Retrieved 29 March 2020. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. "Şanlıurfa Karaköprü Seçim Sonuçları: 31 Mart 2019 Şanlıurfa Karaköprü Yerel Seçim Sonuçları". Sözcü (in Turkish). Retrieved 2020-03-27.
  3. "Kaymakam Ufuk Akıl". www.karakopru.gov.tr. Retrieved 2020-03-27.
  4. "Law No 6360". Resmi Gazette. Retrieved 27 March 2020.

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