Kangal is a town and a district of
Sivas Province
Sivas Province ( tr, ) is a province of Turkey. It is largely located at the eastern part of the Central Anatolia region of Turkey; it is the second largest province in Turkey by territory. Its adjacent provinces are Yozgat to the west, Kayseri ...
in
Turkey
Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...
. 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
Kaymakam, also known by many other romanizations, was a title used by various officials of the Ottoman Empire, including acting grand viziers, governors of provincial sanjaks, and administrators of district kazas. The title has been retained an ...]
was appointed Erinç Demir.
Demographics
The town is populated by Sunni
Kurds ug:كۇردلار
Kurds ( ku, کورد ,Kurd, italic=yes, rtl=yes) or Kurdish people are an Iranian ethnic group native to the mountainous region of Kurdistan in Western Asia, which spans southeastern Turkey, northwestern Iran, northern Ir ...
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 ...
(1935–1983) basketball player and actor
See also
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Kangal dog
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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 ...
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Kuzyaka
References
Populated places in Sivas Province
Towns in Turkey
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