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Åžemdinli District
Şemdinli District is a district in the Hakkâri Province of Turkey. The district had a population of 44,742 in 2023 with the town of Şemdinli as its seat. Its area is 1,209 km2. The district was established in 1936. Part of the district was separated to form Derecik District in 2018. The current district governor (''kaymakam)'' is Batuhan Taşgın. Settlements There is one municipality in Şemdinli District: * Şemdinli The district has twenty-two villages of which three are unpopulated: # Alan (, ) # Altınsu () # Ayranlı () # Bağlar () # Beyyurdu () # Boğazköy () # Bozyamaç () # Çalışkanlar () # Çatalca () # Çevre () # Çubuklu () # Günyazı () # Kayalar () # Konur () # Korgan () # Meşelik () # Öveç () # Tekeli () # Tütünlü () # Uğuraçan () # Yaylapınar () # Yufkalı () The district has forty-two hamlets: # Aktütün () # Aşağıkayalar # Aşağıtuğlu () # Balıklı () # Binahare () # Çamlıca () # Çiçekli # Deravi () ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Åžemdinli
Şemdinli (, or ) is a town located in the Şemdinli District of Hakkari Province in Turkey and had a population of 18,220 in 2023. The current mayor is Tahir Saklı from the Justice and Development Party (AKP), elected in 2019. The town is populated by Kurds of the Humaru and Zerzan Kurdish tribes and moreover of mixed tribal and non-tribal origin. Neighborhoods Şemdinli is divided into the five neighborhoods of Beşevler, Karşıyaka, Moda, Yayla and Yeni. Kurdish-Turkish conflict Conflict between the PKK and the Turkish state forces A bomb exploded in Şemdinli town centre on November 1, 2005. It was officially attributed to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), an armed Kurdish militant group. On November 9 one man was killed in a grenade attack on a local bookshop. The suspects of this attack, however, were caught in the act by bystanders. They were said to be members of a Turkish Gendarmerie unit, JITEM. The resulting investigation developed into a major politic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |