Dogubeyazıt
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| Province (il) : | Ağrı | |||
| Coordinates : | 39 ° 33 ' N , 44 ° 5' E | |||
| Height : | 1625 m | |||
| Residents : | 79,493 (2018) | |||
| Telephone code : | (+90) 472 | |||
| Postal code : | 04 400 | |||
| License plate : | 04 | |||
| Structure and administration (as of 2019) | ||||
| Structure : | 14 Mahalle | |||
| Mayor : | Yıldız Acar ( HDP ) | |||
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| Doğubeyazıt County | ||||
| Residents : | 121,263 (2018) | |||
| Surface: | 2,250 km² | |||
| Population density : | 54 inhabitants per km² | |||
| Kaymakam : | Zafer Engİn | |||
| Website (Kaymakam): | ||||
Doğubeyazıt , until 1934 Beyazıt (also Doğubayazıt , Kurdish Bazîd ), is a city with around 80,000 inhabitants in the province of Ağrı in the far east of Turkey .
geography
The city is located in a wide grass plain at an altitude of 1625 meters and was on an important trade route that connected Trabzon with Tabriz . According to Sevan Nişanyan, it is not known which Bayezid gave the place its name.
The district borders internally in the east on the districts of Diyadin and Taşlıçay and externally in the north on the province Igdir , in the south on the province Van and in the east on the neighboring state Iran . Doğubeyazıt County is a main transit point for travelers to Iran who use the Gürbulak-Bazergan border crossing into the neighboring country (around 35 km from the city of Doğubeyazıt).
The district is divided into the district town (about 65 percent of the district population) and 85 villages ( Köy ) with an average population of 491 inhabitants. Of these, 22 villages have more than a thousand inhabitants:
- Gürbulak (2,148)
- Telçeker (1,840)
- Carabula (1,824)
- Esnemez (1,755)
- Yılanlı (1,639)
- Bardakli (1,563)
- Çiftlik (1,558)
- Çetenli (1,123)
- Tutak (1,076)
- Sağdıç (1,026)
- Ortadirek (1,019 pop.)
history
Doğubeyazıt has a long history and was at times more important than the provincial capital Ağrı. In Armenian the place was called Daruynk ' or Taruynk' . The place, about five kilometers south of today's city, was part of the Empire of Urartu from the 7th-8th centuries. Century BC After Urartu the Persians , Romans , Arabs , Armenians and Byzantines ruled here . All of them used the Doğubeyazıt plain as a resting place and stopover before their trains into the mountains. Turks and Mongols ruled here from the 11th century .
Doğubeyazıt Fortress has been rebuilt and expanded several times. In 1374 the Jalairide Şehzade Bayazıt Han also had it rebuilt. The name Bayazıt then passed on to the city, which was then called Bayazıt / Beyazid. In 1514 Bayazıt became part of the Ottoman Empire . One of the Ottoman administrators by the name of İshak Pascha had the Ishak Pascha Palace (Turkish İshak Paşa Sarayı ) built between 1685 and 1784 .
Bayazıt was the scene of the Turkish-Persian War of 1821-1822. On August 28, 1828, the city was captured by Russian troops under the leadership of Prince Alexander Garsewanowitsch Chavtschawadze , but was not surrendered to the Russian Empire after the Peace of Adrianople . In the Crimean War (1853-1856) Beyazıt was on 5./17. May 1854 by the Russian army under the leadership of Baron Karl Karlowitsch Wrangel , in the Russo-Ottoman War of 1877–1878 on 17/29. Captured by the Russians under the leadership of General Arsas Artemijewitsch Tergukassow on April 1st , 1877 . On June 25, 1877, however, they were thrown back and were forced to defend themselves. During the siege of Beyazıt, the small Russian garrison had to defend itself against the Ottoman army in the fortress of Beyazıt for 23 days. The Russian garrison (1,650 fighters) withstood the attacks of the Ottomans (12,000 fighters) from June 6th to 28th. June 1877. Many of the soldiers were later awarded the medal "for the heroic defense of Bajaset 1877". After the peace of San Stefano , the city was to be attached to the Russian Empire, but this was denounced by the Berlin Congress . When the Russians withdrew, many Armenian residents of the city fled with them. They later founded the city of Nor Bayazid (now Gawar in Armenia ). In 1930 the city was destroyed after the Ararat uprising and rebuilt 6 km further.
Ishak Pasha Palace with Doğubeyazıt in the background
The Great Ararat as seen from Doğubeyazıt
politics
From 2014 to 2017 Murat Rohat Özbay and Delal Tekdemir were co-mayors of Doğubeyazıt. Tekdemir and Özbay were arrested on February 5, 2017 on terrorist charges. They were also arrested by Vice-Mayor Bülent Erişik and local council members Mustafa Ergül, Z. Abidin Kızılay, Halime Keskin and Bora Çoktin. With Kaymakam Ulaş Akhan a non popularly elected official receiver was used in Doğubeyazıt.
In the local elections on March 31, 2019, the HDP candidate , Yıldız Acar , won with 68.39 percent , ahead of the AKP candidate ( Ertuğrul Eryılmaz ).
Sons and daughters
- İsmail Beyazidi (1654–1709), poet and writer
literature
- Bajazid in Armenia . In: The Gazebo . Issue 21, 1861, pp. 325–326 ( full text [ Wikisource ]).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Nüfusu İl İlçe Mahalle Köy Nüfusu. Nufusune.com; accessed on May 12, 2019
- ↑ Крымская война , Евгений Викторович Тарле; Yevgeny Viktorovich Tarle, The Crimean War , Chapter XIX.
- ↑ История русской армии , History of the Russian Army , Chapter X.
- ↑ HDP: Detained Kurdish Mayors Biography. (PDF) (No longer available online.) HDP, SS 35, p. 36 , archived from the original on July 16, 2018 ; accessed on August 26, 2018 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Doğubayazıt Co-Mayors Arrested . In: Bianet - Bagimsiz Iletisim Agi . ( bianet.org [accessed August 26, 2018]).
- ^ HDP: List of State Commissioners Appointed to Democratic Regions Party Municipalities as of 12/02/2018. (PDF) SS 1 , accessed on August 26, 2018 (English).
- ↑ Election results of the 2019 local elections sabah.com.tr, accessed on May 12, 2019
- ↑ Results of the 2019 local elections yenisafak.com, accessed on May 12, 2019
