Yayladere (Kurdish: Xolxol, Armenian: Խոլխոլ, romanizedKholkhol)[1] is a town and seat of Yayladere District of Bingöl Province in Turkey.[2] The mayor is Sabri Akyürek (CHP).[3]

Yayladere
Yayladere is located in Turkey
Yayladere
Yayladere
Location in Turkey
Coordinates: 39°13′38″N 40°04′08″E / 39.22722°N 40.06889°E / 39.22722; 40.06889
CountryTurkey
ProvinceBingöl
DistrictYayladere
Government
 • MayorSabri Akyürek (CHP)
Population
 (2021)
1,020
Time zoneUTC 3 (TRT)
Websitewww.yayladere.bel.tr

The town is populated by Kurds of the Şadiyan tribe and had a population of 1,020 in 2021.[4][5][6]

Neighborhoods

edit

The town is divided into the neighborhoods of Akçadamlar, Conak, Haktanır, Hasköy, Merkez and Yolgüden.[2]

History

edit

It had previously been a sanjak (district) of the Vilayet of Erzurum.[7]

References

edit
  1. ^ Adem, Avcıkıran (2009). Kürtçe Anamnez Anamneza bi Kurmancî (in Turkish and Kurdish). p. 55.
  2. ^ a b "Türkiye Mülki İdare Bölümleri Envanteri". T.C. İçişleri Bakanlığı (in Turkish). Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  3. ^ Şafak, Yeni (2019-07-11). "Bingöl Yayladere Seçim Sonuçları – Yayladere Yerel Seçim Sonuçları". Yeni Şafak (in Turkish). Retrieved 2019-11-07.
  4. ^ "31 ARALIK 2021 TARİHLİ ADRESE DAYALI NÜFUS KAYIT SİSTEMİ (ADNKS) SONUÇLARI" (XLS). TÜİK (in Turkish). Retrieved 16 December 2022.
  5. ^ Aksüt, Hamza (2012). Aleviler: Türkiye, İran, İrak, Suriye, Bulgaristan : araştırma-inceleme (in Turkish) (5 ed.). Yurt Kitap-Yayın. pp. 299–300.
  6. ^ Can, Hasan Uğurlu (2014). Geçmişten Günümüze Bir Kürt Aşireti: Şadiler (in Turkish). Dersim Araştırmaları Merkezi. p. 195.
  7. ^ "Maps| Vilayet of Erzurum| Kaza of Keghi:: Houshamadyan - a project to reconstruct Ottoman Armenian town and village life". www.houshamadyan.org. Retrieved 2019-11-07.