Pütürge or Pötürge () is a municipality and
district
A district is a type of administrative division that in some countries is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municip ...
of
Malatya Province
Malatya Province (; ) is a Provinces of Turkey, province and Metropolitan municipalities in Turkey, metropolitan municipality of Turkey. Its area is 12,259 km2, and its population is 812,580 (2022). It is part of a larger mountainous area. Th ...
,
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 1,086 km
2, and its population is 12,492 (2022).
The mayor is Mikail Sülük (
AKP).
Composition
There are 68
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 Pütürge District:
Mahalle
Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
* Ağalar
* Aktarla
* Aliçeri
* Alihan
* Arınlı
* Arıtoprak
* Arslankent
* Bakımlı
* Balpınarı
* Başmezra
* Bayırköy
* Belenköy
* Bölükkaya
* Bölünmez
* Büyüköz
* Çamlıdere
* Çayköy
* Çengelli
* Çığırlı
* Çukuroymağı
* Deredüzü
* Erdemler
* Ersele
* Esencik
* Esenlik
* Gertan
* Gözlüce
* Gündeğer
* Gündüz
* Hatip
* Karakaya
* Karşıyaka
* Kavaklıdere
* Kayadere
* Koçköy
* Köklükaya
* Körme
* Korucak
* Köylü
* Kozluk
* Meşedibi
* Nohutlu
* Örencik
* Ormaniçi
* Örmeli
* Örnekköy
* Pazarcık
* Poskıran
* Sahilköy
* Şiro Taraksu
* Söğütlü
* Şükan
* Taşbaşı
* Taşmış
* Taştepe
* Tatlıcak
* Tekederesi
* Teluşağı
* Tepehan
* Üçyaka
* Ulutaş
* Uzunkoru
* Uzuntaş
* Yamaç
* Yandere
* Yazıca
* Yediyol
* Yeşildere
Demography
The district is populated by Kurds
Kurds (), or the Kurdish people, are an Iranian peoples, Iranic ethnic group from West Asia. They are indigenous to Kurdistan, which is a geographic region spanning southeastern Turkey, northwestern Iran, northern Iraq, and northeastern Syri ...
(both Alevi
Alevism (; ; ) is a syncretic heterodox Islamic tradition, whose adherents follow the mystical Islamic teachings of Haji Bektash Veli, who taught the teachings of the Twelve Imams, whilst incorporating some traditions from shamanism. Differing ...
and Sunni
Sunni Islam is the largest branch of Islam and the largest religious denomination in the world. It holds that Muhammad did not appoint any successor and that his closest companion Abu Bakr () rightfully succeeded him as the caliph of the Mu ...
).
References
Populated places in Malatya Province
Districts of Malatya Province
Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey
Kurdish settlements in Turkey
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