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Åženyurt
, settlement_type = Town , image_skyline = , image_caption = , pushpin_map = Turkey , pushpin_label_position = right , pushpin_map_caption = Location in Turkey , coordinates = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = , subdivision_type1 = Province , subdivision_name1 = Mardin Province , subdivision_type2 = District , subdivision_name2 = Kızıltepe , established_title = Town (belde) , established_date = , governing_body = , leader_party = , leader_title = Mayor , leader_name = İhsamettin Demircan , area_total_km2 = , elevation_footnotes = , elevation_m = 475 , elevation_ft = 15560 , population_footnotes = , population_total = 1853 , population_as_of = 2011 , population_density_km2 = , timezone = EET , utc_offset = +2 , timezone_DST ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kızıltepe
Kızıltepe ( ku, Qoser, ota, Tell-Ermen, lit=Armenian hill ) is a town and district in Mardin Province of Turkey. As of 2021, the district had a population of 263,938, making it the most populous district in the province. Government In the local elections of March 2019 Nilüfer Elik Yılmaz was elected as Mayor. But on 15 November 2019 she was dismissed and a trustee was appointed. The current District Governor is Huseyn Cam, who was also appointed as the state appointed trustee. History The town has a historic 13th century Ulucami, great Friday mosque built by the Artuqids. On 1 July 1915, during the 1915 genocide in Diyarbekir, there was a massacre in the village where its Christian population was murdered by militia and Kurds. About seventy women were raped in the church, then put to death. Men, women, and children were killed indiscriminately and many victims were decapitated. After the massacre, Kurdish women stabbed any survivors to death. Rafael de Nogales visited we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |