District and municipality in Malatya, Turkey
Hekimhan (Kurdish: Patrîkxan/Hekimxan)[2] is a municipality and district of Malatya Province, Turkey.[3] Its area is 1,514 km2,[4] and its population is 15,706 (2022).[1] It is located in the upper Euphrates in Eastern Anatolia. Hekimhan is 1,075 m above sea level. The highest point in Hekimhan is Zurbahan mountain (2,091 m). The mayor is Mehmet Şerif Yıldırım (CHP).
Historical sites
Taşhan caravanserai (constructed by the Seljuk Turks),[5] a Turkish bath and a mosque built by the Ottomans are some notable historical structures in the town.
Composition
There are 65 neighbourhoods in Hekimhan District:[6]
- Akmağara
- Aksütlü
- Aşağısazlıca
- Bağyolu
- Bahçedamı
- Bahçelievler
- Ballıkaya
- Basak
- Başkavak
- Başkınık
- Beykent
- Boğazgören
- Budaklı
- Çanakpınar
- Çimenlik
- Çulhalı
- Davulgu
- Delihasanyurdu
- Dereköy
- Deveci
- Dikenli
- Dikili
- Dumlu
- Dursunlu
- Fatih
- Girmana
- Güçlü
- Güvenç
- Güzelyayla
- Güzelyurt
- Hacılar
- Hasançelebi
- Haydaroğlu
- İğdir
- Işıklı
- Karadere
- Karaköçek
- Karapınar
- Karşıyaka
- Karslılar
- Kavacık
- Kocaözü
- Köprülü Mehmet Paşa
- Köylüköyü
- Kozdere
- Kurşunlu
- Mimarsinan
- Mollaibrahim
- Ş. Fethi Akyüz
- Salıcık
- Saraylı
- Sarıkız
- Söğüt
- Taşbaşı
- Taşoluk
- Turgut Özal
- Uğurlu
- Yağca
- Yayladamı
- Yeni
- Yeşilkale
- Yeşilköy
- Yeşilpınar
- Yukarı Sazlıca
- Yukarıselimli
Demographics
Ethnic composition of the villages in Hekimhan District:
- Kurdish (Alevi): Aşağısazlıca, Saraylı, Sazlıca[7][8]
- Kurdish (Sunni): Aksütlü, Çimenlik, Delihasanyurdu, Dikenli, Dikili, Güçlü, Güzelyayla, Haydaroğlu, Karapınar, Karslılar, Kavacık, Kurşunlu, Söğüt, Taşoluk (Dereyurt), Yağca, Yeşilköy[9][10][11][12][13]
- Turkish (Alevi): Akmağara, Bahçedamı, Ballıkaya, Basak, Başkavak, Başkınık, Beykent, Boğazören, Budaklı, Çanakpınar, Çulhalı, Davulgu, Dereköy, Güvenç, Hacılar, Hasançelebi, İğdir, Karadere, Karaköçek, Kozdere, Salıcık, Uğurlu, Yeşilkale[14][15][16][17][9]
- Turkish (Sunni): Devecı, Dumlu, Dursunlu, Güzelyurt, Işıklı, Kocaözü, Mollaibrahim, Sarıkız, Yayladam, Yeşilpınar[9][18]
- Kurdish (Alevi) and Turkish (Alevi): Köylüköyü[14]
- Kurdish (Alevi) and Turkish (Sunni): Girmana (Yukarıkırmanlı)[19]
Notable people
References
- ^ a b "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
- ^ Adem Avcıkıran (2009). Kürtçe Anamnez Anamneza bi Kurmancî (PDF) (in Turkish and Kurdish). p. 55. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Hekim Han". www.turkishhan.org. Retrieved 2021-01-30.
- ^ Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
- ^ Çıplak, Süleyman Cabir (2011). "Music and Identity in Atma tribe". Istanbul Technical University Institute of Social Studies (in Turkish): 48.
- ^ Peter Alfred, Andrews; Benninghaus, Rüdiger, eds. (1989). Ethnic Groups in the Republic of Turkey. p. 344.
- ^ a b c Ertürk, Kenan (2000). "Malatya'nın etnik yapısının siyasi hayata etkileri" (in Turkish): 139–141.
- ^ "Dirijanlilar Yama senligiyle costu!". Sonsöz (in Turkish). 2 July 2012. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
- ^ "Bahçeli'ye şok! MHP İstanbul İl Başkanı da Kürt çıktı!" (in Turkish). 2009. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
- ^ "DİREJAN AŞİRETİ TARİHİ". Dersim Gazetesi (in Turkish). 2020. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
- ^ Peter Alfred, Andrews; Benninghaus, Rüdiger, eds. (1989). Ethnic Groups in the Republic of Turkey. p. 338.
- ^ a b Peter Alfred, Andrews; Benninghaus, Rüdiger, eds. (1989). Ethnic Groups in the Republic of Turkey. pp. 256–257.
- ^ Aksüt, Hamza (2012), Aleviler: Türkiye, İran, İrak, Suriye, Bulgaristan : araştırma-inceleme (in Turkish) (5 ed.), Ankara, p. 178, ISBN 978-975-9025-61-8
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- ^ Aksüt, Hamza (2012), Aleviler: Türkiye, İran, İrak, Suriye, Bulgaristan : araştırma-inceleme (in Turkish) (5 ed.), Ankara, p. 150, ISBN 978-975-9025-61-8
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