Kurtalan

This article is about a district in Turkey. For the rock band, see Kurtalan Ekspres.
Kurtalan
Municipality
Kurtalan is located in Turkey
Kurtalan
Kurtalan
Location in Turkey
Coordinates: 37°55′34″N 41°42′01″E / 37.92611°N 41.70028°E / 37.92611; 41.70028
CountryTurkey
ProvinceSiirt
DistrictKurtalan
Government
 • MayorBaran Akgül (HDP)
Population
 (2021)
36,273
Time zoneUTC+3 (TRT)
Websitekurtalan.bel.tr

Kurtalan (Kurdish: Misircê,[1] Armenian: ԽԱՐԶԱՆ, romanized: Ğarzan or ՀԱՐԶԱՆ, Kharzan[2]) is a municipality in the Kurtalan District of Siirt Province in Turkey.[3] It was called Garzan until 1938 when it was renamed.[4] The municipality is populated by Kurds of the Pencenarî tribe and had a population of 36,273 in 2021.[5][6]

Demographics

According to Vital Cuinet, the kaza of Garzan had a population of 13,000 in 1891, including 8,800 Muslims, 3,600 Armenians, and others 600. Muslims were mostly Kurds. Syriac Catholic Church also lived in the area.[2] With the exception of a few dozen, all Armenians were massacred during the Armenian genocide. The fate of Syriacs is unknown.[2]

Mother tongue, Garzan District, 1927 Turkish census[7]
Turkish Arabic Kurdish Circassian Armenian Unknown or other languages
585 736 12,739 3 0 90
Religion, Garzan District, 1927 Turkish census[7]
Muslim Armenian Jewish Other
13,407 55 1 406

Government

In the local elections of 2019 Baran Akgül was elected as Mayor.[8]

Transport

In Kurtalan railway station is the eastern terminus of the Southern Kurtalan Express between Ankara and Kurtalan operated by TCDD Taşımacılık.[9]

Notable People

  • Baran Akgül - Mayor and Politician[10]

References

  1. ^ Avcıkıran, Adem (2009). Kürtçe Anamnez, Anamneza bi Kurmancî (in Kurdish and Turkish). p. 57.
  2. ^ a b c "Kaza Ğarzan / Խարզան - Kharzan / Հարզան – Harzan / Աղձն – Aghdzn / Tsregan / ܓܪܙܐܢĠarzān". Virtual Genocide Memorial. Retrieved 2023-09-17.
  3. ^ "Türkiye Mülki İdare Bölümleri Envanteri". T.C. İçişleri Bakanlığı (in Turkish). Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  4. ^ "KURTALAN". www.siirt.gov.tr. Retrieved 2023-09-17.
  5. ^ "31 ARALIK 2021 TARİHLİ ADRESE DAYALI NÜFUS KAYIT SİSTEMİ (ADNKS) SONUÇLARI" (XLS). TÜİK (in Turkish). Retrieved 16 December 2022.
  6. ^ Cibo, Nezire (2016). Kürt tarihinde Garzan ve Pencinariler (1st ed.). İsmail Beşikci Vakfı Yayınları. p. 69. ISBN 9786059073219.
  7. ^ a b BabaoğLu, Resul (2018-01-01). "CUMHURİYET İDARESİNE GEÇİŞ SÜRECİNDE SİİRT'TE DEMOGRAFİK GÖSTERGELER" (PDF). Journal of History School. 11 (XXXIV): 529–563. doi:10.14225/Joh1285. ISSN 1308-5298.
  8. ^ "Siirt Kurtalan Seçim Sonuçları - 31 Mart Siirt Kurtalan Yerel Seçim Sonuçları". secim.haberler.com (in Turkish). Retrieved 2019-11-11.
  9. ^ "Guney Kurtalan Express (Ankara Kurtalan train)". Rail Turkey En. 2018-10-14. Retrieved 2019-11-11.
  10. ^ "Baran Akgül Kimdir? - Baran Akgül Hayatı ve Biyografisi".


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