Mazıdağı

Mazıdağı (Kurdish: Şemrex‎[3]) is a town and district of Mardin Province in the southeastern Anatolia region of Turkey. Sunni Muslim Kurdish people form a majority in this district.

Mazıdağı
Mazıdağı
Coordinates: 37°28′45″N 40°29′11″E
Country Turkey
ProvinceMardin
Government
 • Elected MayorNalan Özaydın (HDP)
 • Kaymakam,Mustafa Dinç
Area
 • District854.57 km2 (329.95 sq mi)
Population
 (2012)[2]
 • Urban
11,146
 • District
32,828
 • District density38/km2 (99/sq mi)
Post code
47700
Websitewww.mazidagi.bel.tr

Many Kurdish inhabitants moved to the provinces centre such as Diyarbakır, Mardin and Batman due to poverty and the conflict between the Turkish government and the PKK.

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.[4] In the municipal elections of 2019, Nalan Özaydın from the Peoples' Democratic Party was elected as Mayor of Mazidagi.[5] On the 15 November 2019 she was detained over alleged terror links.[6] The next day she was dismissed.[7] The current District Governor is Mustafa Dinç.

Economy

Mazıdağı region is very rich in phosphate mines.[8]

References
  1. "Area of regions (including lakes), km²". Regional Statistics Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. 2002. Retrieved 2013-03-05.
  2. "Population of province/district centers and towns/villages by districts - 2012". Address Based Population Registration System (ABPRS) Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. Retrieved 2013-02-27.
  3. Avcýkýran, Dr. Adem (ed.). "Kürtçe Anamnez, Anamneza bi Kurmancî" (PDF). Tirsik. p. 55. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  4. Şafak, Yeni (2019-11-16). "Mardin Mazıdağı Seçim Sonuçları – Mazıdağı Yerel Seçim Sonuçları". Yeni Şafak (in Turkish). Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  5. 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.
  6. "HDP's 4 Co-Mayors Detained in Mardin, Urfa". Bianet. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
  7. anatolianet (2019-11-16). "Turkey: 4 mayors dismissed over alleged terror links". TurkishPress. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  8. "Mazıdağı Phosphate Plant". Eti Bakır. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
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