Silopi

Silopi
Municipality
Silopi is located in Turkey
Silopi
Silopi
Location in Turkey
Coordinates: 37°14′55″N 42°28′13″E / 37.24861°N 42.47028°E / 37.24861; 42.47028
CountryTurkey
ProvinceŞırnak
DistrictSilopi
Population
 (2023)[1]
108,880
Time zoneUTC+3 (TRT)

Silopi (Kurdish: Silopî)[2] is a city and seat of Silopi District in the Şırnak Province of Turkey.[3] The city is mainly populated by Kurds of Sipêrtî and Zewkan tribes and had a population of 108,880 in 2023.[4][1]

The mayor Adalet Fidan of the HDP was elected in 2019[5] but deposed the same year and replaced by the sub-governor (kaymakam) Sezer Işiktaş as a "state-appointed caretaker" (acting mayor).

Large sections of the city was damaged in 2016 during clashes between Turkish forces and PKK.[6]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference tuik was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Avcıkıran, Adem. Kürtçe Anamnez, Anamneza bi Kurmancî. p. 57.
  3. ^ "Türkiye Mülki İdare Bölümleri Envanteri". T.C. İçişleri Bakanlığı (in Turkish). Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  4. ^ Baz, Ibrahim (2016). Şırnak aşiretleri ve kültürü (in Turkish). pp. 106 and 129. ISBN 9786058849631.
  5. ^ "Şırnak Silopi Seçim Sonuçları - 31 Mart 2019 Yerel Seçimleri". www.sabah.com.tr. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
  6. ^ "Over 6,600 homes damaged by fighting in Kurdish Silopi, Ankara says". Rûdaw. 15 May 2016. Retrieved 26 December 2022.