Kayapınar, Diyarbakır

Kayapınar is one of Diyarbakır's central districts in Turkey.[1][2] In the local elections of 31 March 2019, Keziban Yılmaz was elected Mayor with 66,35% of the votes.[3] On the 21 October 2019, he was detained due to an investigation concerning propaganda for a terror organization and being a member of a terror organization.[4]

Kayapınar
District
CountryTurkey
ProvinceDiyarbakır Province
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal Code
21076
Area code72310
WebsiteKayapınar Municipality

During the Mayorship of Zülküf Karatekin, there was an unnamed park in the town.[5] The Kayapinar ... Park was named Rosna by the Municipality in 2008, but this name was rejected by the Governorship of Kayapinar.[5] An other park was the Medya Park in which a pool allegedly in the shape of a Kurdistan was located.[5] Karatekin was investigated for being involved in the construction of the pool in 2007.[6] The Ceylan Önkol park was inaugurated in 2010 to which inauguration Karatekin sent a letter from prison.[5]

References
  1. "Tens of thousands marching to Sur amid police crackdown". ANF News. Retrieved 2019-05-26.
  2. Merkezi, Arkitera Mimarlık. "Diyarbakır'da Yaşam Alanlarını Yeniden Kurmak Üzerine". Arkitera.com (in Turkish). Retrieved 2019-05-26.
  3. "Diyarbakır Kayapınar Seçim Sonuçları - 31 Mart 2019 Yerel Seçimleri". www.sabah.com.tr. Retrieved 2019-10-21.
  4. "3 HDP Diyarbakir Mayors detained". Bianet. Retrieved 21 October 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. Güvenç, Muna (2011). "Constructing Narratives of Kurdish Nationalism in the Urban Space of Diyarbakir, Turkey". Traditional Dwellings and Settlements Review. 23 (1): 35–37. ISSN 1050-2092 – via JSTOR.
  6. "DTP Mayor faces charges for building 'Kurdistan'-shaped public swimming pool". Hürriyet (in Turkish). Retrieved 2022-07-03.

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