Muradiye

Muradiye (Armenian Berkri [Armenian: Բերկրի]; Kurdish: Bêgirî‎[3]) is a town and district in the Van Province of Turkey.

For the village, see Muradiye, Susurluk.
Muradiye
Muradiye
Coordinates: 38°59′41″N 43°46′05″E
Country Turkey
ProvinceVan
Government
 • MayorYılmaz Şalan (HDP)
 • KaymakamErkan Savar
Area
 • District1,049.17 km2 (405.09 sq mi)
Elevation
1,700 m (5,600 ft)
Population
 (2012)[2]
 • Urban
14,517
 • District
51,620
 • District density49/km2 (130/sq mi)
Post code
65500
Websitewww.vanmuradiye.bel.tr

Government

Mehmet Ali Tunç was elected mayor in the local elections 2014.[4] He was detained and a trustee was appointed instead in January 2017.[5] In the local elections in March 2019, Yılmaz Şalan from the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) was elected mayor in the local elections.[6] On the 6 November 2019, Şalan was arrested due to charges relating to terrorism.[7] The current Kaymakam is Erkan Savar.[8]

Education

In the early 2000s, there was reported a lack of teachers. Teachers were teaching more than 50 children per average.[9]

Earthquake

In 1976 an earthquake occurred in Muradiye, Van and caused the death of about 3640 people and leaving 51'000 people homeless.[10]

Forced evacuations

The Muradiye district also experienced forced evacuations of some of its inhabitants as a consequence of the Turkish-Kurdish conflict.[11]

See also

References
  1. "Area of regions (including lakes), km²". Regional Statistics Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. 2002. Retrieved 2013-03-05.
  2. "Population of province/district centers and towns/villages by districts - 2012". Address Based Population Registration System (ABPRS) Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. Retrieved 2013-02-27.
  3. "Festnahme von mehreren Aktivisten in Bêgirî". ANF News (in German). Retrieved 2019-12-17.
  4. Şafak, Yeni (2019-07-12). "Van Muradiye Seçim Sonuçları – Muradiye Yerel Seçim Sonuçları". Yeni Şafak (in Turkish). Retrieved 2019-12-07.
  5. "Trustee Appointed to Muradiye Municipality". Bianet. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  6. "Van Muradiye Seçim Sonuçları - 31 Mart 2019 Yerel Seçimleri". www.sabah.com.tr. Retrieved 2019-12-07.
  7. "Co-mayors of Muradiye, Özalp and Başkale arrested". ANF News. Retrieved 2019-12-07.
  8. "Muradiye Kaymakamlığı". www.muradiye.gov.tr. Retrieved 2019-12-07.
  9. Celiker, Anna Grabolle (2013-02-28). Kurdish Life in Contemporary Turkey: Migration, Gender and Ethnic Identity. I.B.Tauris. ISBN 978-1-78076-092-6.
  10. Güney, D. "Van earthquakes (23 October 2011 and 9 November 2011) and performance of masonry and adobe structures" (PDF). Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
  11. Celiker, Anna Grabolle (2013-02-28). Kurdish Life in Contemporary Turkey: Migration, Gender and Ethnic Identity. I.B.Tauris. pp. 65–66. ISBN 978-1-78076-092-6.
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