Ovacık, Dersim

Ovacık (Ottoman Turkish: پلور‎ Pulur,[3]Old Turkish:Nahîye-î Ovacık[4][5]) is a town and its surrounding district in Tunceli Province of Turkey. It has a population of 3,227. It was the first town to elect a communist mayor, Fatih Mehmet Maçoğlu, member of the Communist Party of Turkey. He made public transport free of charge and in 2017 he opened a municipal agricultural cooperative which produced chickpeas, beans and honey and according to Maçoğlu gave work to 250 people.[6] In the Municipal elections of 2019 Mustafa Sarigül from the CHP was elected mayor.[7]

Ovacık
Ovacık
Coordinates: 39°21′31″N 39°12′59″E
CountryTurkey
ProvinceTunceli
Government
 • MayorFatih Mehmet Maçoğlu (TKP)
 • KaymakamAhmet Türköz
Area
 • District1,517.66 km2 (585.97 sq mi)
Population
 (2012)[2]
 • Urban
0
 • District
6,352
 • District density4.2/km2 (11/sq mi)
Post code
62900
Websitehttp://www.tunceliovacik.gov.tr/

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. Tahir Sezen, Osmanlı Yer Adları (Alfabetik Sırayla), T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, Yayın Nu 21, Ankara, p. 414.
  4. THE MUNZUR FATHER MYTHOLOGY AND HISTORICAL SOURCES TRIAL, Munzur University
  5. http://cemisgezek.gov.tr/tarihce
  6. Nawa, Fariba (2018-04-21). "The Unlikely New Hero of Turkey's Opposition". ISSN 0028-792X. Retrieved 2019-05-25.
  7. "Tunceli Ovacık Seçim Sonuçları - 31 Mart 2019 Yerel Seçimleri". www.sabah.com.tr. Retrieved 2019-05-25.
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