Hazro, Diyarbakır

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Hazro
District and municipality
Map showing Hazro District in Diyarbakır Province
Map showing Hazro District in Diyarbakır Province
Hazro is located in Turkey
Hazro
Hazro
Location in Turkey
Coordinates: 38°15′22″N 40°46′59″E / 38.25611°N 40.78306°E / 38.25611; 40.78306
CountryTurkey
ProvinceDiyarbakır
Area
426 km2 (164 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)[1]
16,093
 • Density37.8/km2 (97.8/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+3 (TRT)
Postal code
21560
Area code0412
Websitewww.hazro.bel.tr

Hazro (Kurdish: Hezro;[2] Syriac: Qaṣabah Ḥazrū)[3][a] is a municipality and district of Diyarbakır Province, Turkey.[5] Its area is 426 km2,[6] and the population was 16,093 in 2022.[1] It is populated by Kurds.[2]

History

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Qaṣabah Ḥazrū (today called Hazro) was historically inhabited by Syriac Orthodox Christians and Kurdish-speaking Armenians.[7] In the Syriac Orthodox patriarchal register of dues of 1870, it was recorded that the village had 10 households, who paid 10 dues, and did not have a church or a priest.[3] There were 176 Armenian hearths in 1880.[8] There were Armenian churches of Surb Astvatsatsin and Surb Shmavon.[8]

200 Armenian Orthodox families from Hazro fled to Diyarbakır in June 1889, abandoning their harvests, homes, and all of their possessions, to escape the violence inflicted by Agha Seweddin Bey.[9] It was located in the kaza (district) of Silvan in the Diyarbekir sanjak in the Diyarbekir vilayet in c. 1900.[4] In 1914, it was populated by 200 Syriacs, according to the list presented to the Paris Peace Conference by the Assyro-Chaldean delegation.[10] The Armenians were attacked by the Belek, Bekran, Şegro, and other Kurdish tribes in May 1915 amidst the Armenian genocide.[11]

In the local elections in March 2019, Ahmet Çevik from the Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) was elected Mayor.[12] He was dismissed in November 2019 and the District Governor Ali Öner was appointed as trustee.[13]

Composition

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There are 31 neighbourhoods in Hazro District:[14]

References

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Notes

  1. ^ Also known as Harzo.[4]

Citations

  1. ^ a b "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Nameyê mehla, dew û mezrayanê Hezroyî" (in Kurdish). Archived from the original on 3 October 2023. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
  3. ^ a b Bcheiry (2009), p. 66.
  4. ^ a b Jongerden & Verheij (2012), p. 313.
  5. ^ Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi Archived 2015-07-06 at the Wayback Machine, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
  6. ^ "İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri". General Directorate of Mapping. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
  7. ^ Jongerden & Verheij (2012), p. 313; Kévorkian (2011), p. 367.
  8. ^ a b Kévorkian (2006), p. 272.
  9. ^ Courtois (2004), p. 93.
  10. ^ Jongerden & Verheij (2012), p. 313; Gaunt (2006), p. 422.
  11. ^ Kévorkian (2011), pp. 367–368.
  12. ^ "Diyarbakır Hazro Seçim Sonuçları - 31 Mart 2019 Yerel Seçimleri". www.sabah.com.tr. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
  13. ^ "Four HDP Mayors Replaced with Trustees". Bianet. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  14. ^ Mahalle Archived 2015-07-06 at the Wayback Machine, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.

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