District and municipality in Malatya, Turkey
Arguvan (Kurdish: Erxewan/Arxewan)[2] is a municipality and district of Malatya Province, Turkey.[3] Its area is 1,096 km2,[4] and its population is 6,869 (2022).[1] The mayor is Ersoy Eren (CHP).
Composition
There are 49 neighbourhoods in Arguvan District:[5]
- Akören
- Alhasuşağı
- Armutlu
- Aşağısülmenli
- Asar
- Asmaca
- Bahçeli
- Bahçelievler
- Bozan
- Çakmak
- Çavuş
- Çayırlı
- Çevreli
- Çiftlik
- Dolaylı
- Doydum
- Ermişli
- Eymir
- Göçeruşağı
- Gökağaç
- Gümüşlü
- Güngören
- Gürge
- Güveçli
- Hakverdi
- İçmece
- İsaköy
- Karababa
- Karahüyük
- Kızık
- Kızıluşağı
- Koçak
- Kömürlük
- Konakbaşı
- Kuruttaş
- Kuyudere
- Morhamam
- Narmikan
- Parçikan
- Şotik
- Tarlacık
- Tatkınık
- Tepebağ
- Yamaç
- Yeni
- Yeniköy
- Yoncalı
- Yukarısülmenli
- Yürektaşı
Demographics
The majority of the district is Alevi from both Kurdish and Turkish ethnicity. The Kurdish Atman tribe reside in ten villages and hamlets in the district. Other Kurdish tribes include the Direjan, Kurecik,[6] and the Parçikan.[7]
Ethnic composition of the settlements in Arguvan District:
- Turkish (Alevi): Arguvan town, Akören, Armutlu, Asmaca, Aşağısülmenli, Bozan, Çavuşköy, Çayırlı, Çevreli, Doydum, Ermişli, Eymir, Gümüşlü, Gürge, İsaköy, Karahüyük, Kızık, Koçak, Konakbaşı, Kuyudere, Morhamam[8][9][10][11]
- Kurdish (Alevi, Atman tribe): Alhasuşağı, Çakmak, Göçeruşağı, Gökağaç, Güngören, Kömürlük, Kuruttaş, Şotik (Çobandere), Yoncalı[12]
- Kurdish (Sunni, Atman tribe): Kızıluşağı (Yenisu)[12]
- Kurdish (Sunni, Direjan tribe): Bahçeli, Güveçli, Tatkınık[13][14]
- Kurdish (Sunni, Parçikan tribe): Parçikan (Bozburun)[13]
- Kurdish (Sunni, Zeyve tribe): Narmikan (Yazıbaşı)[15]
- Kurdish (Sunni): Hakverdi, Yürektaşı[16][13]
- Kurdish (Alevi) and Turkish (Alevi): Asar, Çiftlik, Yamaç, Yeniköy, Yukarısülmenli[10][8][17]
- Kurdish (Sunni, Direjan tribe) and Turkish (Alevi): Tarlacık[8][18]
- Kurdish (Sunni, Zeyve tribe) and Turkish (Alevi): İçmece, Karababa[19][10][20]
Notable people
References
- ^ a b "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
- ^ Avcıkıran, Adem (2009). Kürtçe Anamnez, Anamneza bi Kurmancî (in Kurdish and Turkish). p. 55.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
- ^ Aksüt, Hamza (2012). Aleviler: Türkiye, İran, İrak, Suriye, Bulgaristan : araştırma-inceleme (in Turkish) (5 ed.). Yurt Kitap-Yayın. pp. 292–293 & 303.
- ^ "Parçikanlılar Boran'ı Destekliyor". Türkiye Haber Ajansi (in Turkish). 14 March 2011. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
- ^ a b c Peter Alfred, Andrews; Benninghaus, Rüdiger, eds. (1989). Ethnic Groups in the Republic of Turkey. p. 256.
- ^ Aksüt, Hamza (2012). Aleviler: Türkiye, İran, İrak, Suriye, Bulgaristan : araştırma-inceleme (in Turkish) (5 ed.). Yurt Kitap-Yayın. p. 150.
- ^ a b c Andrews, Peter; Benninghaus, Rüdiger (2002). Ethnic Groups in the Republic of Turkey: Supplement and Index. p. 96. ISBN 9783895002298.
- ^ Aksüt, Hamza (2012). Aleviler: Türkiye, İran, İrak, Suriye, Bulgaristan : araştırma-inceleme (in Turkish) (5 ed.). Yurt Kitap-Yayın. p. 271.
- ^ a b Aksüt, Hamza (2012). Aleviler: Türkiye, İran, İrak, Suriye, Bulgaristan : araştırma-inceleme (in Turkish) (5 ed.). Yurt Kitap-Yayın. pp. 292–293.
- ^ a b c Andrews, Peter; Benninghaus, Rüdiger (2002). Ethnic Groups in the Republic of Turkey: Supplement and Index. p. 122. ISBN 9783895002298.
- ^ "TATKINIK" (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 2017-11-10. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
- ^ "Yazıbaşı". Nişanyan Yeradları (in Turkish). Retrieved 25 January 2024.
- ^ Ertürk, Kenan (2000). "Malatya'nın etnik yapısının siyasi hayata etkileri" (in Turkish): 133.
- ^ "MÜŞADİ (YAMAÇ)" (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 2020-11-30. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
- ^ "EKTİR (TARLACIK)" (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 2020-11-26. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
- ^ "Köyümüzün Tarihi" (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 2021-08-29. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
- ^ "MAMAHAR (KARABABA)" (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 2018-02-22. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
