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Kurtalan

Kurtalan is a municipality in the Kurtalan District of Siirt Province in Turkey. It was called Garzan until 1938 when it was renamed. The municipality is populated by Kurds of the Pencenarî Kurdish tribe and had a population of 36,273 in 2021.

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Kurtalan
Municipality
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Kurtalan
Location in Turkey
Coordinates: 37°55′34″N 41°42′01″E / 37.92611°N 41.70028°E / 37.92611; 41.70028
CountryTurkey
ProvinceSiirt
DistrictKurtalan
Government
 • MayorBaran Akgül (HDP)
Population
 (2021)
36,273
Time zoneUTC+3 (TRT)
Websitekurtalan.bel.tr

Kurtalan (Kurdish: Misircê,1 Armenian: Խարզան, romanized: Xarzan or Հարզան, Harzan2) is a municipality in the Kurtalan District of Siirt Province in Turkey.3 It was called Garzan until 1938 when it was renamed.4 The municipality is populated by Kurds of the Pencenarî Kurdish tribe and had a population of 36,273 in 2021.56

Demographics

According to Vital Cuinet, the kaza of Garzan had a population of 13,000 in 1891, including 8,800 Muslims, 3,600 Armenians, and others 600. The Muslim population were mostly Kurds. Syriac Catholics also lived in the area.2 With the exception of a few dozen, all Armenians were massacred during the Armenian genocide. The fate of Syriacs was similar to that of Armenians during the Syriac genocide.2

Mother tongue, Garzan District, 1927 Turkish census7
Turkish Arabic Kurdish Circassian Armenian Unknown or other languages
585 736 12,739 3 0 90
Religion, Garzan District, 1927 Turkish census7
Muslim Armenian Jewish Other
13,407 55 1 406

Government

In the local elections of 2019 Baran Akgül was elected as Mayor.8

Transport

In Kurtalan railway station is the eastern terminus of the Southern Kurtalan Express between Ankara and Kurtalan operated by TCDD Taşımacılık.9

See also

See also

References

References

  1. Avcıkıran, Adem (2009). Kürtçe Anamnez, Anamneza bi Kurmancî (in Kurdish and Turkish). p. 57.
  2. "Kaza Ğarzan / Խարզան - Kharzan / Հարզան – Harzan / Աղձն – Aghdzn / Tsregan / ܓܪܙܐܢĠarzān". Virtual Genocide Memorial. Retrieved 2023-09-17.
  3. "Türkiye Mülki İdare Bölümleri Envanteri". T.C. İçişleri Bakanlığı (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 6 July 2015. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  4. "KURTALAN". www.siirt.gov.tr. Retrieved 2023-09-17.
  5. "31 ARALIK 2021 TARİHLİ ADRESE DAYALI NÜFUS KAYIT SİSTEMİ (ADNKS) SONUÇLARI" (XLS). TÜİK (in Turkish). Retrieved 16 December 2022.
  6. Cibo, Nezire (2016). Kürt tarihinde Garzan ve Pencinariler (1st ed.). İsmail Beşikci Vakfı Yayınları. p. 69. ISBN 9786059073219.
  7. BabaoğLu, Resul (2018-01-01). "CUMHURİYET İDARESİNE GEÇİŞ SÜRECİNDE SİİRT'TE DEMOGRAFİK GÖSTERGELER" (PDF). Journal of History School. 11 (XXXIV): 529–563. doi:10.14225/Joh1285. ISSN 1308-5298.
  8. "Siirt Kurtalan Seçim Sonuçları - 31 Mart Siirt Kurtalan Yerel Seçim Sonuçları". secim.haberler.com (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 2021-01-02. Retrieved 2019-11-11.
  9. "Guney Kurtalan Express (Ankara Kurtalan train)". Rail Turkey En. 2018-10-14. Retrieved 2019-11-11.