Kayapınar, Diyarbakır

Kayapınar is municipality and district of Diyarbakır Province, Turkey.[2] Its area is 480 km2,[3] and its population is 419,513 (2022).[1] It covers the northwestern part of the city of Diyarbakır and the adjacent countryside.[4][5] The district Kayapınar was created in 2008 from part of the central district (Merkez) of Diyarbakır.[6][7]

Kayapınar
Municipality
Map showing Kayapınar District in Diyarbakır Province
Map showing Kayapınar District in Diyarbakır Province
Kayapınar is located in Turkey
Kayapınar
Kayapınar
Location in Turkey
Coordinates: 37°57′N 40°10′E
CountryTurkey
ProvinceDiyarbakır
Area
480 km2 (190 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)[1]
419,513
 • Density870/km2 (2,300/sq mi)
Time zoneTRT (UTC+3)
Postal code
21070
Area code0412
Websitewww.kayapinar.bel.tr

In the local elections of 31 March 2019, Keziban Yılmaz was elected Mayor with 66,35% of the votes.[8] On the 21 October 2019, he was detained due to an investigation concerning propaganda for a terror organization and being a member of a terror organization.[9]

During the Mayorship of Zülküf Karatekin, there was an unnamed park in the town.[10] The Kayapinar ... Park was named Rosna by the Municipality in 2008, but this name was rejected by the Governorship of Kayapinar.[10] An other park was the Medya Park in which a pool allegedly in the shape of a Kurdistan was located.[10] Karatekin was investigated for being involved in the construction of the pool in 2007.[11] The Ceylan Önkol park was inaugurated in 2010 to which inauguration Karatekin sent a letter from prison.[10]

Composition

There are 34 neighbourhoods in Kayapınar District:[12]

References
  1. "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
  2. Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
  3. "İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri". General Directorate of Mapping. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
  4. "Tens of thousands marching to Sur amid police crackdown". ANF News. Retrieved 2019-05-26.
  5. Merkezi, Arkitera Mimarlık. "Diyarbakır'da Yaşam Alanlarını Yeniden Kurmak Üzerine". Arkitera.com (in Turkish). Retrieved 2019-05-26.
  6. Kanun No. 5747, Resmî Gazete, 22 March 2008.
  7. "İl İdaresi ve Mülki Bölümler Şube Müdürlüğü İstatistikleri - İl ve İlçe Kuruluş Tarihleri" (PDF) (in Turkish). p. 28. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  8. "Diyarbakır Kayapınar Seçim Sonuçları - 31 Mart 2019 Yerel Seçimleri". www.sabah.com.tr. Retrieved 2019-10-21.
  9. "3 HDP Diyarbakir Mayors detained". Bianet. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
  10. Güvenç, Muna (2011). "Constructing Narratives of Kurdish Nationalism in the Urban Space of Diyarbakir, Turkey". Traditional Dwellings and Settlements Review. 23 (1): 35–37. ISSN 1050-2092. JSTOR 41758881 – via JSTOR.
  11. "DTP Mayor faces charges for building 'Kurdistan'-shaped public swimming pool". Hürriyet (in Turkish). Retrieved 2022-07-03.
  12. Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.


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