Baskil (Kurdish: Baskîl)[3] is a town and district of Elazığ Province of Turkey. The mayor is İhsan Akmurat (AKP). The population of the town is 4869.[4]
Baskil | |
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Coordinates: 38°34′11″N 38°49′23″E | |
Country | Turkey |
Province | Elazığ |
Government | |
• Governor | Uhut Emre Koyuncu (AKP) |
• Mayor | İhsan Akmurat |
Area | |
• District | 1,337.58 km2 (516.44 sq mi) |
Population (2012)[2] | |
• Urban | 4,963 |
• District | 14,400 |
• District density | 11/km2 (28/sq mi) |
Post code | 23800 |
Climate | Csa |
Website | www.baskil.bel.tr |
In the 2019 local elections, AKP mayor İhsan Akmurat narrowly won reelection, beating the MHP candidate Tuncer Turus by 49.77% to 48.57%.[5]
The district is mostly populated by Kurds with the exception of two villages populated by Alevi Turkmens. The Kurdish tribes in the district are Dirêjan, Herdî, Îzol, Parçikan and Zeyve.
Village | Composition |
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Baskil town | Kurdish (Herdî tribe)[6] |
Akdemir | Kurdish (Zeyve tribe)[7] |
Akuşağı | Kurdish (Zeyve tribe)[7] |
Aladikme | Kurdish (Parçikan tribe)[7] |
Alangören | Kurdish (Herdî tribe)[8] |
Altunuşağı | Kurdish (Herdî tribe)[8] |
Beşbölük | Kurdish (Zeyve tribe)[7] |
Bozoğlak | |
Bilaluşağı | Kurdish (Herdî tribe)[8] |
Çavuşlu | Kurdish (Parçikan tribe)[7] |
Çiğdemlik | Kurdish (Herdî tribe)[8] |
Deliktaş | Kurdish (Herdî tribe)[8] |
Demirlibahçe | Kurdish (Parçikan tribe)[7] |
Doğancık | Kurdish (Zeyve tribe)[7] |
Düğüntepe | Kurdish (Parçikan tribe)[7] |
Emirhan | Kurdish (Dirêjan tribe)[9] |
Eskiköy | Kurdish (Parçikan tribe)[7] |
Gemici | Kurdish (Herdî tribe)[8] |
Habibuşağı | Kurdish (Parçikan tribe)[7] |
Hacıhüseyinler | Kurdish (Herdî tribe)[8] |
Hacımehmetli | Kurdish (Herdî tribe)[8] |
Hacımustafaköy | Kurdish (Zeyve tribe)[7] |
Hacıuşağı | Kurdish (Herdî tribe)[8] |
Harabekayış | Kurdish (Parçikan tribe)[7] |
Hüyükköy | Kurdish (Zeyve tribe)[7] |
Işıklar | Kurdish[10] |
İçlikaval | Kurdish (Zeyve tribe)[7] |
İmikuşağı | Kurdish (Herdî tribe)[8] |
Kadıköy | Kurdish (Îzol tribe)[7] |
Karaali | Kurdish (Parçikan tribe)[7] |
Karagedik | Kurdish (Parçikan tribe)[7] |
Karakaş | Kurdish (Herdî tribe)[8] |
Karoğlu | Kurdish (Zeyve tribe)[7] |
Kayabeyli | Kurdish (Herdî tribe)[8] |
Kızıluşağı | Kurdish (Zeyve tribe)[7] |
Koçyolu | Kurdish (Herdî tribe)[8] |
Konacık | Kurdish (Herdî tribe)[8] |
Konalga | Kurdish (Herdî tribe)[8] |
Kuluşağı | Kurdish (Zeyve tribe)[7] |
Kumlutarla | Turkish (Şeyh Hasan hearth)[11] |
Kutlugün | Kurdish (Parçikan tribe)[7] |
Kuşsarayı | Kurdish (Herdî tribe)[8] |
Meydancık | Kurdish (Parçikan tribe)[7] |
Paşakonağı | Kurdish (Herdî tribe)[8] |
Pınarlı | Kurdish (Îzol tribe)[7] |
Resulkahya | Kurdish (Zeyve tribe)[7] |
Sarıtaş | Kurdish (Parçikan tribe)[7] |
Suyatağı | Kurdish (Herdî tribe)[8] |
Söğütdere | Kurdish (Herdî tribe)[8] |
Şahaplı | Kurdish (Parçikan tribe)[7] |
Şahindere | Kurdish (Zeyve tribe)[7] |
Şeyh Hasan | Turkish (Şeyh Hasan hearth)[11] |
Şituşağı | Kurdish (Herdî tribe)[8] |
Sultanuşağı | Kurdish (Herdî tribe)[8] |
Tatlıpayam | Kurdish (Parçikan tribe)[7] |
Tavşanuşağı | Kurdish (Zeyve tribe)[7] |
Topaluşağı | Kurdish (Parçikan tribe)[7] |
Yalındam | Kurdish (Herdî tribe)[8] |
Yaylanlı | Kurdish (Herdî tribe)[8] |
Yeniocak | Kurdish (Herdî tribe)[8] |
Yıldızlı | Kurdish (Herdî tribe)[8] |
Yürekli | Kurdish (Zeyve tribe)[7] |
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