Hekimhan
Hekimhan | |
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District and municipality | |
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 Map showing Hekimhan District in Malatya Province | |
  Hekimhan Location in Turkey | |
| Coordinates: 38°48′59″N 37°55′58″E / 38.81639°N 37.93278°E | |
| Country | Turkey |
| Province | Malatya |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Mehmet Şerif Yıldırım (CHP) |
Area | 1,514 km2 (585 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,075 m (3,527 ft) |
| Population (2022)[1] | 3,705 |
| • Density | 2.4/km2 (6.3/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (TRT) |
| Postal code | 44400 |
| Area code | 0422 |
| Website | www |
Hekimhan is a municipality and district of Malatya Province, Turkey.[2] Its area is 1,514 km2,[3] and its population is 15,706 (2022).[1] It is located in the upper Euphrates in Eastern Anatolia. Hekimhan is 1,075 m above sea level. The highest point in Hekimhan is Zurbahan mountain (2,091 m). The mayor is Mehmet Şerif Yıldırım (CHP).
Historical sites
[edit]Taşhan caravanserai (constructed by the Seljuk Turks),[4] a Turkish bath and a mosque built by the Ottomans are some notable historical structures in the town.
Composition
[edit]There are 65 neighbourhoods in Hekimhan District:[5]
- Akmağara
- Aksütlü
- Aşağısazlıca
- Bağyolu
- Bahçedamı
- Bahçelievler
- Ballıkaya
- Basak
- Başkavak
- Başkınık
- Beykent
- Boğazgören
- Budaklı
- Çanakpınar
- Çimenlik
- Çulhalı
- Davulgu
- Delihasanyurdu
- Dereköy
- Deveci
- Dikenli
- Dikili
- Dumlu
- Dursunlu
- Fatih
- Girmana
- Güçlü
- Güvenç
- Güzelyayla
- Güzelyurt
- Hacılar
- Hasançelebi
- Haydaroğlu
- İğdir
- Işıklı
- Karadere
- Karaköçek
- Karapınar
- Karşıyaka
- Karslılar
- Kavacık
- Kocaözü
- Köprülü Mehmet Paşa
- Köylüköyü
- Kozdere
- Kurşunlu
- Mimarsinan
- Mollaibrahim
- Ş. Fethi Akyüz
- Salıcık
- Saraylı
- Sarıkız
- Söğüt
- Taşbaşı
- Taşoluk
- Turgut Özal
- Uğurlu
- Yağca
- Yayladamı
- Yeni
- Yeşilkale
- Yeşilköy
- Yeşilpınar
- Yukarı Sazlıca
- Yukarıselimli
Demographics
[edit]Ethnic composition of the villages in Hekimhan District:
- Kurdish (Alevi): Aşağısazlıca, Saraylı, Sazlıca[6][7]
- Kurdish (Sunni): Aksütlü, Çimenlik, Delihasanyurdu, Dikenli, Dikili, Güçlü, Güzelyayla, Haydaroğlu, Karapınar, Karslılar, Kavacık, Kurşunlu, Söğüt, Taşoluk (Dereyurt), Yağca, Yeşilköy[8][9][10][11][12]
- Turkish (Alevi): Akmağara, Bahçedamı, Ballıkaya, Basak, Başkavak, Başkınık, Beykent, Boğazören, Budaklı, Çanakpınar, Çulhalı, Davulgu, Dereköy, Güvenç, Hacılar, Hasançelebi, İğdir, Karadere, Karaköçek, Kozdere, Salıcık, Uğurlu, Yeşilkale[13][14][15][16][8]
- Turkish (Sunni): Devecı, Dumlu, Dursunlu, Güzelyurt, Işıklı, Kocaözü, Mollaibrahim, Sarıkız, Yayladam, Yeşilpınar[8][17]
- Kurdish (Alevi) and Turkish (Alevi): Köylüköyü[13]
- Kurdish (Alevi) and Turkish (Sunni): Girmana (Yukarıkırmanlı)[18]
Notable people
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
- ^ Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
- ^ "İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri". General Directorate of Mapping. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
- ^ "Hekim Han". www.turkishhan.org. Retrieved 2021-01-30.
- ^ Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
- ^ Çıplak, Süleyman Cabir (2011). "Music and Identity in Atma tribe". Istanbul Technical University Institute of Social Studies (in Turkish): 48.
- ^ Peter Alfred, Andrews; Benninghaus, Rüdiger, eds. (1989). Ethnic Groups in the Republic of Turkey. p. 344.
- ^ a b c Ertürk, Kenan (2000). "Malatya'nın etnik yapısının siyasi hayata etkileri" (in Turkish): 139–141.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ "Dirijanlilar Yama senligiyle costu!". Sonsöz (in Turkish). 2 July 2012. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
- ^ "Bahçeli'ye şok! MHP İstanbul İl Başkanı da Kürt çıktı!" (in Turkish). 2009. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
- ^ "DİREJAN AŞİRETİ TARİHİ". Dersim Gazetesi (in Turkish). 2020. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
- ^ Peter Alfred, Andrews; Benninghaus, Rüdiger, eds. (1989). Ethnic Groups in the Republic of Turkey. p. 338.
- ^ a b Peter Alfred, Andrews; Benninghaus, Rüdiger, eds. (1989). Ethnic Groups in the Republic of Turkey. pp. 256–257.
- ^ Aksüt, Hamza (2012), Aleviler: Türkiye, İran, İrak, Suriye, Bulgaristan : araştırma-inceleme (in Turkish) (5 ed.), Ankara, p. 178, ISBN 978-975-9025-61-8
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ "Hekimhan". Nisanyan Yeradları (in Turkish). Retrieved 4 September 2021.
- ^ Aksüt, Hamza (2012), Aleviler: Türkiye, İran, İrak, Suriye, Bulgaristan : araştırma-inceleme (in Turkish) (5 ed.), Ankara, p. 150, ISBN 978-975-9025-61-8
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Aksüt, Hamza (2012), Aleviler: Türkiye, İran, İrak, Suriye, Bulgaristan : araştırma-inceleme (in Turkish) (5 ed.), Ankara, p. 104, ISBN 978-975-9025-61-8
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Andrews, Peter; Benninghaus, Rüdiger (2002). Ethnic Groups in the Republic of Turkey: Supplement and Index. p. 122. ISBN 9783895002298.
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