Eruh

Eruh (Kurdish: Dih)[1] is a town and seat of Eruh District of Siirt Province of Turkey.[2]

Eruh
Municipality
Eruh is located in Turkey
Eruh
Eruh
Location in Turkey
Coordinates: 37°44′59″N 42°10′47″E
CountryTurkey
ProvinceSiirt
DistrictEruh
Government
 • MayorCevher Çiftçi (AKP)
Population
 (2021)
8,895
Time zoneTRT (UTC+3)
Websitewww.eruh.bel.tr

The town is populated by Kurds of the Botikan tribe and had a population of 8,895 in 2021.[3][4][5]

Neighborhoods

Eruh town is divided into the three neighborhoods of Farih, Sarıgül and Dih.[5]

Politics

In the local elections of March 2019 Cevher Çiftçi was elected mayor.[6] The current District Governor is Ali Erdoĝan.[7]

Municipality in Eruh

History

Eruh was the location of one of two attacks by the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) on the 15 August 1984.[8]

References
  1. Avcıkıran, Adem (2009). Kürtçe Anamnez, Anamneza bi Kurmancî (in Kurdish and Turkish). p. 57.
  2. "Türkiye Mülki İdare Bölümleri Envanteri". T.C. İçişleri Bakanlığı (in Turkish). Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  3. "Sosyal ve kültürel yapı" (PDF) (in Turkish). p. 143. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
  4. Baluken, Yusuf (2021). "Aşiretten mîrliğe Buxtîler". Kovara Kurdinameyê ya Navnetewî. 4: 49.
  5. "Türkiye Mülki İdare Bölümleri Envanteri". T.C. İçişleri Bakanlığı (in Turkish). Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  6. Şafak, Yeni (2019-11-14). "Siirt Eruh Seçim Sonuçları – 31 Mart 2019 Eruh İttifaka Göre Yerel Seçim Sonuçları". Yeni Şafak (in Turkish). Retrieved 2019-11-13.
  7. "Kaymakam". www.eruh.gov.tr. Retrieved 2019-11-13.
  8. Casier, Marlies; Jongerden, Joost (2010-09-13). Nationalisms and Politics in Turkey: Political Islam, Kemalism and the Kurdish Issue. Routledge. p. 131. ISBN 9781136938672.


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