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Silopi
Silopi | |
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  Silopi Location in Turkey | |
| Coordinates: 37°14′55″N 42°28′13″E / 37.24861°N 42.47028°E | |
| Country | Turkey |
| Province | Şırnak |
| District | Silopi |
| Population (2023)[1] | 108,880 |
| Time zone | UTC+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]
Adalet Fidan of the HDP was elected mayor in 2019[5] but deposed the same year and replaced by the sub-governor (kaymakam), Sezer Işiktaş, as acting mayor.
Large sections of the city were damaged in 2016 during clashes between Turkish forces and the PKK.[6]
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
tuikwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Avcıkıran, Adem. Kürtçe Anamnez, Anamneza bi Kurmancî. p. 57.
- ^ "Türkiye Mülki İdare Bölümleri Envanteri". T.C. İçişleri Bakanlığı (in Turkish). Retrieved 19 December 2022.
- ^ Baz, Ibrahim (2016). Şırnak aşiretleri ve kültürü (in Turkish). pp. 106 and 129. ISBN 9786058849631.
- ^ "Şırnak Silopi Seçim Sonuçları - 31 Mart 2019 Yerel Seçimleri". www.sabah.com.tr. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
- ^ "Over 6,600 homes damaged by fighting in Kurdish Silopi, Ankara says". Rûdaw. 15 May 2016. Retrieved 26 December 2022.
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