Eyyübiye is a district in Şanlıurfa Province in

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created in 2014 from the central district of the province. Şanlıurfa location districts

Background

According to Law act no 6360, all Turkish provinces with a population more than 750 000, will be a metropolitan municipality and the

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within the metropolitan municipalities will be second level municipalities. The law also created new districts within the provinces in addition to present districts. These changes became effective by the local elections in 2014. In the local elections of 31 March 2019, Mehmet Kuş ( AKP) was elected mayor. Adem Ünal is the appointed district governor.

Composition

A 2018 survey on

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conducted by the municipality showed that 56.8% of the district spoke

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as their first language, followed by

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at 38.9% and

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at 4.3%.

Population

References

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