Karayazı () is a municipality and
district
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of
Erzurum Province
Erzurum Province () is a province and metropolitan municipality in the Eastern Anatolia Region of Turkey. Its area is 25,006 km2, and its population is 749,754 (2022). The capital of the province is the city of Erzurum. It is the fourth lar ...
,
Turkey
Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...
. Its area is 1,953 km
2, and its population is 25,543 (2022).
In March 2019 Melike Göksu (
HDP) was elected mayor. On 17 September 2019 she was dismissed and arrested due to a sentence of 7 years and 6 months for terrorist propaganda. Kaymakam Mesut Tabakçıoğlu was appointed as a trustee instead.
Composition
There are 75
neighbourhoods
A neighbourhood (Commonwealth English) or neighborhood (American English) is a geographically localized community within a larger town, city, suburb or rural area, sometimes consisting of a single street and the buildings lining it. Neighbourh ...
in Karayazı District:
Mahalle
, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
* Abdurrahmanköy
* Ağaçlı
* Akarsu
* Akpınar
* Alemdağı
* Aliküllek
* Anıtlı
Anıtlı (formerly Kaledran or Kaliteran) is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Anamur, Mersin Province, Turkey. Its population is 566 (2022).
Geography
Anıtlı lies on Turkish state highway D.400, which runs from west to ea ...
* Aşağıincesu
* Aşağısöylemez
* Aydınsu
* Bayraktar
* Bezirhane
* Çakmaközü
* Çalışkan
* Çaltılı
* Çatalören
* Çavuşköy
* Çayırbeyli
* Çelikli
* Çepi
* DeÄŸirmenkaya
* Dörtpınar
* Doruca
* Dündarköy
* Duruca
* Elmaağaç
* Geventepe
* Göksu
The Göksu River (), known in antiquity as the Calycadnus and in the Middle Ages as the Saleph, is a river on the Taşeli Plateau in southern Turkey. Its two sources arise in the Taurus Mountains—the northern in the Geyik Mountains and the s ...
* Göktepe
Göktepe (former ''Fariske'') is a town (''belde'') in the Sarıveliler District, Karaman Province, Turkey. Its population is 2,051 (2022).
Geography
Göktepe is a mountain town in the Toros Mountains with an altitude of about . Göktepe is qu ...
* Güllü
* Hacıbayram
* Hasanova
* Kapanlı
* Karaağıl
* Karabey
* Karakale
* Karakaya
* Karasu
* Karşıyaka
* Kayalar
* Kazbel
* Kırgındere
* Kırıkpınar
* Kösehasan
* Köyceğiz
Köyceğiz is a municipality and district of Muğla Province, Turkey. Its area is 1,329 km2, and its population is 39,242 (2022).
The town of Köyceğiz lies at the northern end of a lake of the same name ( Lake Köyceğiz) which is joined t ...
* Kurupınar
* Mollabekir
* Mollaosman
* Muratlı
Muratlı is a municipality and district of Tekirdağ Province, Turkey. Its area is 388 km2, and its population is 30,067 (2022). It is located at 24 km north of the town of Tekirdağ and on the railway line from Istanbul to the Bulgaria ...
* Payveren
* Şakirköy
* Salyamaç
* Sancaktar
* Sarıçiçek
* Selenli
* Sukonak
* SulutaÅŸ
* TaÅŸan
* Tosunlu
* Turnagöl
* Uğurdalı
* Ulucanlar
* Ãœzengili
* Yahyaköy
* Yalındal
* Yeni
* Yeniköy
* YeÅŸilova
YeÅŸilova is a town in Burdur Province in the Mediterranean region of Turkey
Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast E ...
* YeÅŸilyurt
* YiÄŸityolu
* Yolgören
* Yücelik
* Yukarıçığılgan
* Yukarıcihanbey
* Yukarısöylemez
Notable people
* Hozan Canê
Hozan Canê (born Saide Inac in 1971) is a contemporary German- Kurdish singer, who is famous for her contributions to Kurdish music.
Life
She was born in the region of Karayazı in Erzurum province, Turkey. After elementary school, she moved ...
(*1971), German-Kurdish singer
References
Populated places in Erzurum Province
Districts of Erzurum Province
Kurdish settlements in Turkey
Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey
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