Ä°pekyolu is a municipality and
district
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of
Van Province
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,
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
TuÅŸba is a municipality and district of Van Province, Turkey. Its area is 1,948 km2, and its population is 163,301 (2022). The district TuÅŸba was created at the 2013 reorganisation from part of the former central district of Van, along wit ...
. 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 Asian trade routes active from the second century BCE until the mid-15th century. Spanning over , it played a central role in facilitating economic, cultural, political, and religious interactions between the ...
; 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 (, , BDP) was a Kurdish political party in Turkey existing from 2008 to 2014.
Development
BDP succeeded the Democratic Society Party (DTP) in 2008, following the closure of the latter party for its alleged conne ...
(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
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 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'') in the central district of Van Province.
It lies withi ...
* 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
Notable people
* Hanımzer Melet
Hanımzer Melet (born 7 November 1993) is a Turkish wheelchair basketball player. She is a member of the physically disabled sports club in her hometown Van as the only female player and the Turkey women's national wheelchair basketball team.
...
(borm 1993), national team wheelchair basketball player.
References
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Districts of Van Province
Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey
Silk Road
Kurdish settlements in Turkey