District and municipality in Diyarbakır, Turkey
Bağlar is a municipality and district of Diyarbakır Province, Turkey.[2] Its area is 429 km2,[3] and its population is 406,471 (2022).[1] It covers the southwestern part of the city of Diyarbakır and the adjacent countryside.[4][5] The district Bağlar was created in 2008 from part of the central district (Merkez) of Diyarbakır.[6][7]
In the local elections of March 2019, Zeyyat Ceylan was elected as a Mayor with 70,34% of the votes.[8] But on 11 April the Supreme Election Board decided not to deliver him the right to serve as Mayor due to having been dismissed from public office before.[9] The Mayorship was instead delivered to Hüseyin Beyoğlu from the Justice and Development Party (AKP) who polled second with 25,46%.[10][8]
Population
Composition
There are 49 neighbourhoods in Bağlar District:[11]
References
- ^ a b c "Population Of SRE-1, SRE-2, Provinces and Districts". TÜIK. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
- ^ Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
- ^ "İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri". General Directorate of Mapping. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
- ^ "Tens of thousands marching to Sur amid police crackdown". ANF News. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
- ^ Merkezi, Arkitera Mimarlık. "Diyarbakır'da Yaşam Alanlarını Yeniden Kurmak Üzerine". Arkitera.com (in Turkish). Retrieved 26 May 2019.
- ^ Kanun No. 5747, Resmî Gazete, 22 March 2008.
- ^ "İl İdaresi ve Mülki Bölümler Şube Müdürlüğü İstatistikleri - İl ve İlçe Kuruluş Tarihleri" (PDF) (in Turkish). p. 28. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
- ^ a b "Diyarbakır Bağlar Seçim Sonuçları - 31 Mart 2019 Yerel Seçimleri". www.sabah.com.tr. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
- ^ "YSK bars dismissed public servants from serving as mayors - Turkey News". Hürriyet Daily News. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
- ^ Mortimer, Jasper (15 April 2019). "Turkish election board disqualifies pro-Kurdish mayors in southeast". Al-Monitor. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
- ^ Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
