Pazarcık is a town and district in the southern part of

Kahramanmaraş Province Kahramanmaraş Province kurdish( tr, Kahramanmaraş ili ) is a province of Turkey. Its provincial capital is the city of Kahramanmaraş, the traffic code is 46. Geography Kahramanmaraş is traversed by the northeasterly line of equal latitude and ...

Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with a small portion on the Balkan Peninsula in ...

. The mayor Hayrettin Güngör from the Justice and Development Party (AKP) was elected 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 ...

2019. Kaymakam is Adil Nas. The cement plant is a major source of greenhouse gas. On 6 February 2023, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck Pazarcik.

Notable natives

Ferruh Bozbeyli Ahmet Ferruh Bozbeyli (21 January 1927 – 28 July 2019) was a Turkish politician who served as the speaker of Turkish parliament and the chairman of the Democratic party. Early life Born in Pazarcık of Kahramanmaraş Province in 1927. His fat ...

(1927-2019) Turkish politician. * Hasan Yükselir (1955-) Turkish singer and composer. * Dilber Ay (1956-2019) Turkish singer. *

KC Rebell Hüseyin Kökseçen (born 26 January 1988), better known as KC Rebell, is a German rapper of Kurdish descent. Based in Essen, Germany, he has an own label imprint "Rebell Army". He released six albums, four of which have peaked at number one o ...

(1988-) German rapper of Kurdish origin.

References

External links

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District governor's official website
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District municipality's official website
Populated places in Kahramanmaraş Province Districts of Kahramanmaraş Province Towns in Turkey {{Kahramanmaraş-geo-stub