Muradiye ( ku, Bêgirî, hy, Բերկրի, translit=Berkri) is a town and district in the
Van Province
Van Province ( tr, Van ili, ku, Parezgêha Wanê, Armenian: Վանի մարզ) is a province in the Eastern Anatolian region of Turkey, between Lake Van and the Iranian border. It is 19,069 km2 in area and had a population of 1,035,418 a ...
of
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 ...
.
History
The tenth-century Byzantine text ''
De Administrando Imperio
''De Administrando Imperio'' ("On the Governance of the Empire") is the Latin title of a Greek-language work written by the 10th-century Eastern Roman Emperor Constantine VII. The Greek title of the work is ("To yown son Romanos"). It is a domes ...
'' mentions "Perkri" belonging to King
Ashot I Bagratuni Ashot or Ashod ( hy, ) is an Armenian given name. Notable persons with that surname include:
Kings of the Bagratuni Dynasty
*Ashot Msaker (Ashot the Carnivorous) (died 826)
*Ashot I of Armenia (Ashot the Great), ruled 884-890
*Ashot II, Ashot Yerk ...
at the beginning of the ninth century before being turned over to an Arab ruler, Abu'l-Ward. After the death of Ashot's son,
Smbat I
Smbat I (; c. 850–912/14) was the second king of the medieval Kingdom of Armenia of the Bagratuni dynasty, and son of Ashot I. He is the father of Ashot II (known as Ashot Yerkat) and Abas I.
Rule
Smbat I was crowned king in 892 in Shiraka ...
, another Arab ruler, Abu Sawada, took possession of Berkri.
Forced evacuations
The Muradiye district also experienced forced evacuations of some of its inhabitants as a consequence of the
Turkish-Kurdish conflict.
Government
Mehmet Ali Tunç was elected mayor in the local elections 2014. He was detained and a trustee was appointed instead in January 2017. In the
local elections
In many parts of the world, local elections take place to select office-holders in local government, such as mayors and councillors. Elections to positions within a city or town are often known as "municipal elections". Their form and conduct vary ...
in March 2019, Yılmaz Şalan from the
Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) was elected mayor in the
local elections
In many parts of the world, local elections take place to select office-holders in local government, such as mayors and councillors. Elections to positions within a city or town are often known as "municipal elections". Their form and conduct vary ...
. On the 6 November 2019, Şalan was arrested due to charges relating to terrorism. The current
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 ...
is Erkan Savar.
Education
In the early 2000s, there was reported a lack of teachers. Teachers were teaching more than 50 children per average.
Earthquake
In 1976 an earthquake occurred in Muradiye, Van and caused the death of about 3640 people and leaving 51'000 people homeless.
See also
*
1976 Çaldıran–Muradiye earthquake
References
Populated places in Van Province
Districts of Van Province
Kurdish settlements in Turkey
{{Van-geo-stub