Ovacık, Dersim
Ovacık (Ottoman Turkish: پلور Pulur,[3]Old Turkish:Nahîye-î Ovacık[4][5]) is a town and its surrounding district in Tunceli Province of Turkey.
Ovacık | |
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  Ovacık | |
| Coordinates: 39°21′31″N 39°12′59″E | |
| Country | Turkey |
| Province | Tunceli |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Mustafa Sarıgül (CHP) |
| • Kaymakam | Emre Dündar |
| Area | |
| • District | 1,517.66 km2 (585.97 sq mi) |
| Population (2012)[2] | |
| • Urban | 0 |
| • District | 6,352 |
| • District density | 4.2/km2 (11/sq mi) |
| Post code | 62900 |
| Website | http://www.tunceliovacik.gov.tr/ |
Its name is derived from a small plain between the Munzur and Mercan mountains.[6]
It has a population of 3,227. It was the only town to elect a communist mayor in 2014 Turkish local elections, Fatih Mehmet Maçoğlu, member of the Communist Party of Turkey. He made public transport free of charge and in 2017 he opened a municipal agricultural cooperative that produced chickpeas, beans, and honey and according to Maçoğlu gave work to 250 people.[7] In the Municipal elections of 2019 Mustafa Sarıgül from the CHP was elected mayor.[8]
References
- "Area of regions (including lakes), km²". Regional Statistics Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. 2002. Retrieved 2013-03-05.
- "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.
- Tahir Sezen, Osmanlı Yer Adları (Alfabetik Sırayla), T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, Yayın Nu 21, Ankara, p. 414.
- The Munzur Father Mythology and Historical Sources Trial, Munzur University
- http://cemisgezek.gov.tr/tarihce
- Tuzlac, Ertan; Doùan, Ahmet (2010). "Turkish folk medicinal plants, IX: Ovacik (Tunceli)". Marmara Pharmaceutical Journal. 14: 136–143. doi:10.12991/201014449.
- Nawa, Fariba (2018-04-21). "The Unlikely New Hero of Turkey's Opposition". ISSN 0028-792X. Retrieved 2019-05-25.
- "Tunceli Ovacık Seçim Sonuçları - 31 Mart 2019 Yerel Seçimleri". www.sabah.com.tr. Retrieved 2019-05-25.
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