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Silopi District
Silopi District is a district of the Şırnak Province of Turkey. The seat of the district is the town of Silopi and the population was 148,126 in 2023. Its area is 831 km2. The district is populated by Kurds. Settlements Silopi District contains three beldes, thirty-three villages, of which seven are unpopulated, and moreover twenty-one hamlets. Municipalities # Başverimli () # Çalışkan () # Görümlü () # Silopi Villages # Aksu () # Aktepe () # Akyıldız () # Ballıkaya () # Başak () # Birlikköy () # Bostancı () # Buğdaylı () # Çardaklı () # Çiftlikköy () # Damlaca () # Dedeler () # Derebaşı () # Doruklu () # Düzalan () # Esenli () # Kapılı () # Karacaköy () # Kavaközü () # Kavallı () # Koyunören () # Kösreli () # Mahmutlu # Ortaköy () # Ovaköy () # Özgen Özgen is a Turkish surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Abdulkadir Özgen (born 1986), Turkish-German footballer * Pemra Özgen (born 1986), Tur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silopi
Silopi () is a city and seat of Silopi District in the Şırnak Province of Turkey. The city is mainly populated by Kurds of Sipêrtî and Zewkan tribes and had a population of 108,880 in 2023. Adalet Fidan of the HDP was elected mayor in 2019 but deposed the same year and replaced by the sub-governor (kaymakam), Sezer Işiktaş, as acting mayor. Large sections of the city were damaged in 2016 during clashes between Turkish forces and the PKK. Neighborhoods The city is divided into the eleven neighborhoods: Barbaros, Başak, Cudi, Cumhuriyet (), Dicle, Karşıyaka, Nuh, Ofis, Şehit Harun Boy, Yenişehir and Yeşiltepe. History Recent history Since July 2015, the Kurdish-Turkish conflict in the region has escalated, and 34 people have been killed in Silopi. On 7 August 2015 clashes between Turkish security forces and the Kurdish militant PKK group may have killed three people. Government reports claimed "terrorists" were killed, while pro-Kurdish Peoples' De ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |