Saray (Kurdish: Sêrê[2]) is a municipality and district of Van Province, Turkey.[3] Its area is 872 km2,[4] and its population is 19,471 (2022).[1] The mayor elected in 2019 was Caziye Duman from the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP).[5] She was arrested along with 14 others, many of them from the HDP, on terrorism charges in November 2019 and replaced by a trustee. Security officials accused them of having “been engaged in activities within the terrorist organization’s women’s field structure.”[6][7]
An earthquake in February 2020 shook the region and many villages of the Saray district reported damage.[8]
Composition
There are 27 neighbourhoods in Saray District:[9]
- Atatürk
- Bakışık
- Baltepe
- Beyarslan
- Çakmakköy
- Çardak
- Çaybağı
- Değirmigöl
- Dolutaş
- Feritmelen
- Kapıköy
- Karahisar
- Kargalı
- Kazımpaşa
- Kazlıgöl
- Keçikayası
- Kekikdüzü
- Kepir
- Koçbaşı
- Kurucan
- Mahmudiye
- Örenburç
- Sırımlı
- Turanköy
- Yamanyurt
- Yeşilağaç
- Zincirkıran
References
- ^ a b “Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports” (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
- ^ Adem Avcıkıran (2009). Kürtçe Anamnez Anamneza bi Kurmancî (PDF) (in Turkish and Kurdish). p. 57. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2020. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
- ^ Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi Archived 2015-07-06 at the Wayback Machine, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
- ^ “İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri”. General Directorate of Mapping. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
- ^ “Van Saray Seçim Sonuçları – 31 Mart Van Saray Yerel Seçim Sonuçları”. secim.haberler.com (in Turkish). Retrieved 2020-05-08.
- ^ HDP’s Saray District Mayor Caziye Duman Taken into Custody, Bianet, 1 November 2019.
- ^ Van’ın Saray belediyesine kayyum atandı, BBC News Türkçe, 2 November 2019.
- ^ “694 buildings severely damaged in Van after earthquake: Minister – Turkey News”. Hürriyet Daily News. 24 February 2020. Retrieved 2020-05-08.
- ^ Mahalle Archived 2015-07-06 at the Wayback Machine, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.

