Baykan (Kurdish: Hawêl)[3] is a district and city of Siirt Province of Turkey. In the Baykan district there are 30 villages.[4] In the local elections in March 2019 Ramazan Sarsılmaz from the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) was elected mayor.[5] Mehmet Tunç was appointed Kaymakam in September 2018.[6] On 15 May 2020, Sarsılmaz was dismissed from his post, and Mehmet Tunç was appointed as the trustee of the municipality.[7]
Baykan | |
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Coordinates: 38°09′50″N 41°47′05″E | |
Country | Turkey |
Province | Siirt |
Government | |
• Mayor | Ramazan Sarsılmaz (HDP) |
• Kaymakam | Mehmet Tunç |
Area | |
• District | 563.97 km2 (217.75 sq mi) |
Population (2012)[2] | |
• Urban | 5,752 |
• District | 27,656 |
• District density | 49/km2 (130/sq mi) |
Post code | 56460 |
Website | www.baykan.bel.tr |
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