Mazıdağı (Kurdish: Şemrex[3]) is a town and district of Mardin Province in the southeastern Anatolia region of Turkey. The district had a population of 36,773 in 2021.[2]
Mazıdağı | |
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A street in Mazıdağı | |
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Coordinates: 37°28′45″N 40°29′11″E | |
Country | ![]() |
Province | Mardin |
Government | |
• Elected Mayor | Nalan Özaydın (HDP) |
• Kaymakam, | Mustafa Dinç |
Area | |
• District | 854.57 km2 (329.95 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | |
• Total | 36,773 |
Post code | 47700 |
Website | www.mazidagi.bel.tr |
Mazıdağı has been the administrative name since the Ottoman period. The native name of the central town is Şemrex. At the end of the 14th century, Timur attacked the town, which was inhabited by Yezidis and put its people to the sword.[4]
In the local elections of 2009 Hasip Aktas was elected as mayor as a member of the Democratic Society Party (DTP) with 57% of all votes. In the local elections of 2014, Necia Yıldırım from the DTP became Mayor.[5] In the municipal elections of 2019, Nalan Özaydın from the Peoples' Democratic Party was elected as Mayor of Mazıdağı.[6] On the 15 November 2019 she was detained over alleged terror links.[7] The next day she was dismissed.[8]
Mazıdağı region is very rich in phosphate mines.[9]
Settlement | Ethnicity |
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Mazıdağı (Şemrex) | Kurdish[10] |
Arıköy (Xana Zembûr) | |
Aşağıocak (Kurî) | Kurdish (Surgucu)[11] |
Aksu (Avgevr) | |
Arısu (Gula gule) | Kurdish (Metînan)[12] |
Atalar (Xarok) | Kurdish (Rutan)[13] |
Atlıca (Ziyareta hesp) | |
Aykut (Mellemus, Dêrgûz) | Kurdish (Surgucu)[11] |
Bahçecik (Basek) | Kurdish[10] |
Balpınar (Giresor) | Kurdish (Metînan)[12] |
Bilge (Zanqirt) | Kurdish[10] |
Çankaya (Qêmêzê) | Kurdish[10] |
Çayönü (Lalan) | Kurdish (Milan)[10] |
Derecik (Tawsî) | Kurdish[10] |
Dikyamaç (Silote) | Kurdish[10] |
Duraklı (Helale) | Kurdish[10] |
Ekinciler (Kufrek) | Kurdish[10] |
Engin (Zizne) | Kurdish[10] |
Erdalı (Xirbê korî) | Kurdish[10] |
Evciler (Qesrik) | Kurdish (Milan)[10] |
Gümüşpınar (Tarîn) | Kurdish (Milan)[10] |
Gümüşyuva (Dera Metîna) | Kurdish (Metînan)[12] |
Gürgöze (Eynsileman) | Kurdish[10] |
Ikisu (Mêndela) | Kurdish (Milan)[10] |
Işıkyaka (Bikrê) | |
Karaalani (Meqer) | Kurdish[10] |
Karataş (Şemika) | Kurdish (Metînan)[12] |
Kebapçı | Kurdish[10] |
Kemerli (Xerebazin) | Kurdish[10] |
Kışlak (Şivistan) | Kurdish (Surgucu)[11] |
Kocakent (Tezne) | Kurdish[10] |
Konur (Şeba jor) | Kurdish (Şeb)[14] |
Meşeli (Melebiyê) | Kurdish (Milan)[10] |
Ortaklı (Xirbê Helela) | Kurdish[10] |
Ömürlü (Pîran) | Kurdish[10] |
Sakızlı (Banxîr) | Kurdish (Metînan)[12] |
Şağmal (Bîrînî) | Kurdish (Rutan)[13] |
Şanlı (Dêşan) | Kurdish (Milan)[10] |
Şenyuva (Şewaşî) | Kurdish[10] |
Tanrıyolu (Kurik) | Kurdish (Milan)[10] |
Tarlacık (Hetvan) | Kurdish[10] |
Ulutaş (Hesena) | Kurdish[10] |
Ürünlü (Qolçiya) | |
Yağmur (Ewrîxan) | Kurdish[10] |
Yalınağaç (Golikê) | Kurdish (Milan)[10] |
Yetkinler (Dirrîn) | Kurdish[10] |
Yeşilköy (Xudurî) | Kurdish[15] |
Yukarıkonak (Xanika jor) | Kurdish[10] |
Yukarıocak (Kurî) | Kurdish (Surgucu)[11] |
Yücebağ (Kelekê) | Kurdish (Şeb)[14] |
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