Mazıdağı

Mazıdağı (Kurdish: Şemrex[2]) is a town and seat of the Mazıdağı District of Mardin Province in Turkey.[3] The town is populated by Kurds of the Dimilî tribe and had a population of 13,117 in 2021.[1][4]

Mazıdağı
Municipality
A street in Mazıdağı
A street in Mazıdağı
Mazıdağı is located in Turkey
Mazıdağı
Mazıdağı
Location in Turkey
Coordinates: 37°28′45″N 40°29′11″E
CountryTurkey
ProvinceMardin
DistrictMazıdağı
Government
 • Elected MayorNalan Özaydın (HDP)
Population
 (2021)[1]
13,117
Time zoneTRT (UTC+3)
Websitewww.mazidagi.bel.tr

Politics

In the local elections of 2009 Hasip Aktas was elected as mayor as a member of the Democratic Society Party (DTP) with 57% of all votes. In the local elections of 2014, Necia Yıldırım from the DTP became Mayor.[5] In the municipal elections of 2019, Nalan Özaydın from the Peoples' Democratic Party was elected as Mayor of Mazıdağı.[6] On the 15 November 2019 she was detained over alleged terror links.[7] The next day she was dismissed.[8]

Ressources

Mazıdağı region is very rich in phosphate mines.[9]

References
  1. "31 ARALIK 2021 TARİHLİ ADRESE DAYALI NÜFUS KAYIT SİSTEMİ (ADNKS) SONUÇLARI" (XLS). TÜİK (in Turkish). Retrieved 16 December 2022.
  2. Avcıkıran, Adem (2009). Kürtçe Anamnez, Anamneza bi Kurmancî (in Kurdish and Turkish). p. 55.
  3. "Türkiye Mülki İdare Bölümleri Envanteri". T.C. İçişleri Bakanlığı (in Turkish). Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  4. Aşiretler raporu (in Turkish) (3rd ed.). Kaynak Yayınları. 2014. p. 228.
  5. Şafak, Yeni (2019-11-16). "Mardin Mazıdağı Seçim Sonuçları – Mazıdağı Yerel Seçim Sonuçları". Yeni Şafak (in Turkish). Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  6. Şafak, Yeni (2019-11-16). "Mardin Mazıdağı Seçim Sonuçları – 31 Mart 2019 Mazıdağı İttifaka Göre Yerel Seçim Sonuçları". Yeni Şafak (in Turkish). Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  7. "HDP's 4 Co-Mayors Detained in Mardin, Urfa". Bianet. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
  8. anatolianet (2019-11-16). "Turkey: 4 mayors dismissed over alleged terror links". TurkishPress. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  9. "Mazıdağı Phosphate Plant". Eti Bakır. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
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