Ä°pekyolu is a municipality and
district
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of
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 at ...
,
Turkey
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. Its area is 956 km
2, and its population is 348,046 (2022).
The district Ä°pekyolu was created at the
2013 reorganisation from part of the former central district of Van, along with the new district
TuÅŸba. It covers the central and eastern part of the agglomeration of
Van
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and the adjacent countryside. The name ''Ä°pekyolu'' means
Silk road
The Silk Road () was a network of Eurasian trade routes active from the second century BCE until the mid-15th century. Spanning over 6,400 kilometers (4,000 miles), it played a central role in facilitating economic, cultural, political, and reli ...
; Van was an important stop on the silk road.
Politics
On 30 March 2014, Aygül Bidav from the
Peace and Democracy Party
The Peace and Democracy Party ( tr, Barış ve Demokrasi Partisi, ku, Partiya Aştî û Demokrasiyê, BDP) was a Kurdish political party in Turkey existing from 2008 to 2014.
Development
BDP succeeded the Democratic Society Party (DTP) in 20 ...
(BDP) was elected the first mayor of Ä°pekyolu. But a trustee was appointed on the 11 September 2016. In the local elections in March 2019 Azim Yacan from the
Peoples Democratic Party (HDP) became Mayor. Following Åžehzade Kurt was elected Co-Mayor of Ä°pekyolu. In November 2019, Yacan and Kurt were arrested accused of being a member of a terrorist organization and a trustee was appointed. The current
District Governor is Sinan Aslan.
Composition
There are 51
neighbourhoods
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in Ä°pekyolu District:
Mahalle
Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
* Ağzıkara
* AktaÅŸ
* AlipaÅŸa
* Arıtoprak
* Aşağıçitli
* Aşağıgölalan
* Bahçivan
* Baklatepe
* Bakraçlı
* Beşçatak
* Bostaniçi
Bostaniçi is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of İpekyolu, Van Province, Turkey. Its population is 31,714 (2022). Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town (''belde Belde (literally "town", also known as ''kasaba'') means " ...
* Buzhane
* Çalımlı
* CevdetpaÅŸa
* Cumhuriyet
* Değirmenarkı
* Değirmenköy
* Dereüstü
* Dibekli
* EminpaÅŸa
* Erçek
* Esenler
* Gövelek
* Hacıbekir
* Hafiziye
* HalilaÄŸa
* Hatuniye
* Ilıkaynak
* Irgat
* Karagündüz
* Karakoç
* Karpuzalanı
* Karşıyaka
* Kavuncu
* Kaymaklı
* Kevenli
* Kıratlı
* Köşebaşı
* Ortanca
* Sarmaç
* Selimbey
* Åžerefiye
* Serhat
* Seyitfehimarvasi
* Vali Mithatbey
* Yalı
* Yalınağaç
* Yatıksırt
* Yenimahalle
* Yukarıgölalan
* Yukarıgüneyce
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ipekyolu
Districts of Van Province
Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey
Silk Road
Kurdish settlements in Turkey