İpekyolu
District and municipality in Van, Turkey
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İpekyolu is a municipality and district of Van Province, Turkey.[2] Its area is 956 km2,[3] and its population is 348,046 (2022).[1] The district İpekyolu was created at the 2013 reorganisation from part of the former central district of Van, along with the new district Tuşba.[4][5] It covers the central and eastern part of the agglomeration of Van and the adjacent countryside. The name İpekyolu means Silk Road; Van was an important stop on the Silk Road.
İpekyolu | |
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District and municipality | |
Map showing İpekyolu District in Van Province | |
  İpekyolu Location in Turkey | |
| Coordinates: 38.4658°N 43.3431°E | |
| Country | Turkey |
| Province | Van |
Area | 956 km2 (369 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[1] | 348,046 |
| • Density | 364/km2 (943/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (TRT) |
| Area code | 0432 |
| Website | www |
Politics
On 30 March 2014, Aygül Bidav from the Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) was elected the first mayor of İpekyolu.[6] But a trustee was appointed on the 11 September 2016.[7] In the local elections in March 2019 Azim Yacan from the Peoples Democratic Party (HDP) became Mayor.[8] Following Şehzade Kurt was elected Co-Mayor of İpekyolu. In November 2019, Yacan and Kurt were arrested accused of being a member of a terrorist organization and a trustee was appointed.[9] The current District Governor is Sinan Aslan.[10]
Composition
There are 51 neighbourhoods in İpekyolu District:[11]
- Ağzıkara
- Aktaş
- Alipaşa
- Arıtoprak
- Aşağıçitli
- Aşağıgölalan
- Bahçivan
- Baklatepe
- Bakraçlı
- Beşçatak
- Bostaniçi
- Buzhane
- Çalımlı
- Cevdetpaşa
- Cumhuriyet
- Değirmenarkı
- Değirmenköy
- Dereüstü
- Dibekli
- Eminpaşa
- Erçek
- Esenler
- Gövelek
- Hacıbekir
- Hafiziye
- Halilağa
- Hatuniye
- Ilıkaynak
- Irgat
- Karagündüz
- Karakoç
- Karpuzalanı
- Karşıyaka
- Kavuncu
- Kaymaklı
- Kevenli
- Kıratlı
- Köşebaşı
- Ortanca
- Sarmaç
- Selimbey
- Şerefiye
- Serhat
- Seyitfehimarvasi
- Vali Mithatbey
- Yalı
- Yalınağaç
- Yatıksırt
- Yenimahalle
- Yukarıgölalan
- Yukarıgüneyce
Notable people
- Hanımzer Melet (born 1993), national team wheelchair basketball player.[12]