Kangal is a town and a district of Sivas Province in Turkey. The current mayor is Ahmet Kürşad Apaydın from the
Great Unity Party
The Great Unity Party ( tr, Büyük Birlik Partisi, BBP) or Great Union Party is a far-right Sunni Islamist and ultranationalist political party in Turkey, created on 29 January 1993.Kaymakam was appointed Erinç Demir.
Demographics
The town is populated by Sunni Kurds and Sunni Turks. The district is also home to both Alevi Kurds and Alevi Turks.
Notable people
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Hüseyin Alp
Hüseyin Alp (May 12, 1935 – January 8, 1983) was a Turkish professional basketball player and supporting role movie actor. With his height of 2.15 m (7'1") tall, he was one of the tallest Turkish basketball players.
Early life
Alp was bo ...
Deliktaş Tunnel
The Deliktaş Tunnel ( tr, Deliktaş Tüneli), a.k.a. Kangal-Deliktaş Tunnel, is a railway tunnel near Deliktaş village between Ulaş and Kangal districts of Sivas Province in Central Anatolia, Turkey. It was built to shorten and to ease the ...
, Turkey's longest railway tunnel near
Deliktaş, Kangal
Deliktaş is a village in Kangal district of Sivas Province, Turkey. It is situated between Ulaş and Kangal towns, east of the state highway . The village is far from Kangal, and from the province seat Sivas. The population of Deliklitaş is 2 ...