Muradiye

Muradiye (Kurdish: Bêgirî,[3] Armenian: Բերկրի, romanized: Berkri) is a town and district in the Van Province of Turkey.

For the village, see Muradiye, Susurluk.
Muradiye
Muradiye Waterfalls
Muradiye Waterfalls
Muradiye is located in Turkey
Muradiye
Muradiye
Coordinates: 38°59′41″N 43°46′05″E
Country Turkey
ProvinceVan
Government
 • MayorYılmaz Şalan (HDP)
 • KaymakamErkan Savar
Area
[1]
 • District1,049.17 km2 (405.09 sq mi)
Elevation
1,700 m (5,600 ft)
Population
 (2012)[2]
 • Urban
14,517
 • District
51,620
 • District density49/km2 (130/sq mi)
Post code
65500
Websitewww.vanmuradiye.bel.tr

History
Remains of the St. Stephen Armenian Church

The tenth-century Byzantine text De Administrando Imperio mentions "Perkri" belonging to King Ashot I Bagratuni at the beginning of the ninth century before being turned over to an Arab ruler, Abu'l-Ward.[4] After the death of Ashot's son, Smbat I, another Arab ruler, Abu Sawada, took possession of Berkri.[5]

Forced evacuations

The Muradiye district also experienced forced evacuations of some of its inhabitants as a consequence of the Turkish-Kurdish conflict.[6]

Government

Mehmet Ali Tunç was elected mayor in the local elections 2014.[7] He was detained and a trustee was appointed instead in January 2017.[8] In the local elections in March 2019, Yılmaz Şalan from the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) was elected mayor in the local elections.[9] On the 6 November 2019, Şalan was arrested due to charges relating to terrorism.[10] The current Kaymakam is Erkan Savar.[11]

Education

In the early 2000s, there was reported a lack of teachers. Teachers were teaching more than 50 children per average.[12]

Earthquake

In 1976 an earthquake occurred in Muradiye, Van, and caused the death of about 3,640 people and leaving 51,000 people homeless.[13]

See also

References
  1. "Area of regions (including lakes), km²". Regional Statistics Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. 2002. Retrieved 2013-03-05.
  2. "Population of province/district centers and towns/villages by districts - 2012". Address Based Population Registration System (ABPRS) Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. Retrieved 2013-02-27.
  3. "Festnahme von mehreren Aktivisten in Bêgirî". ANF News (in German). Retrieved 2019-12-17.
  4. Constantine Porphyrogenitos. De Administrando Imperio, ed. Gyula Moravcsik and trans. Romilly J.H. Jenkins (Washington D.C.: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, 2009), ch. 44, p. 199.
  5. Constantine Porphyrogenitos, De Administrando Imperio, ch. 44, p. 201.
  6. Celiker, Anna Grabolle (2013). Kurdish Life in Contemporary Turkey: Migration, Gender and Ethnic Identity. I.B.Tauris. pp. 65–66. ISBN 978-1-78076-092-6.
  7. Şafak, Yeni (2019-07-12). "Van Muradiye Seçim Sonuçları – Muradiye Yerel Seçim Sonuçları". Yeni Şafak (in Turkish). Retrieved 2019-12-07.
  8. "Trustee Appointed to Muradiye Municipality". Bianet. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  9. "Van Muradiye Seçim Sonuçları - 31 Mart 2019 Yerel Seçimleri". www.sabah.com.tr. Retrieved 2019-12-07.
  10. "Co-mayors of Muradiye, Özalp and Başkale arrested". ANF News. Retrieved 2019-12-07.
  11. "Muradiye Kaymakamlığı". www.muradiye.gov.tr. Retrieved 2019-12-07.
  12. Celiker, Anna Grabolle (2013-02-28). Kurdish Life in Contemporary Turkey: Migration, Gender and Ethnic Identity. I.B.Tauris. ISBN 978-1-78076-092-6.
  13. Güney, D. "Van earthquakes (23 October 2011 and 9 November 2011) and performance of masonry and adobe structures" (PDF). Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
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