Tunceli

This article describes the Turkish city of Tunceli; for the Turkish province of the same name see Tunceli (province) .

Tunceli
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Tunceli from the south
Basic data
Province (il) :	Tunceli
Coordinates :	39 ° 7 '  N , 39 ° 33'  E Coordinates: 39 ° 7 '0 "  N , 39 ° 33' 0"  E
Height :	922  m
Residents :	33,777 (2019)
Telephone code :	(+90) 428
Postal code :	62,000
License plate :	62
Structure and administration
Structure :	8 mahall
Mayor :	Fatih Mehmet Maçoğlu ( TKP )
Website:	www.tunceli.bel.tr
Tunceli county
Residents :	38,427 (2019)
Surface:	1,128 km²
Population density :	34 inhabitants per km²

Tunceli ( Ottoman Dersim , Zazaisch Mamekiye , Kurdish Mamekî ) is the capital of the Turkish province of Tunceli in eastern Anatolia . The city is located about 580 kilometers (as the crow flies) east of the state capital Ankara . The village of Mameki used to stand here. The Alevi , Zaza majority of the population call their town the Zaza name of the Dersim region .

location

The provincial capital lies at the foot of a mountain and is surrounded on all sides by mountain ranges, which made the city difficult to access for many years.
About eight kilometers northwest of Tunceli begins the Munzur Vadisi National Park , the largest and first national park in Turkey. Tunceli is located at the confluence of the Pülümür Çayı in the Munzur Çayı . The Munzur Kültür ve Doğa Festivali (Munzur Culture and Nature Festival ) takes place in the city every summer . Numerous prominent guests appear on this occasion, who contribute with musical performances. The number of visitors to the festival sometimes exceeds 60,000.

history

In the Ottoman Empire , the city was called Kalan and was part of the Dersim region. In 1847 Dersim became a sanjak with the capital Hozat . The Tunceli Province was established in 1935. In 1946 the city was renamed Tunceli and became the capital of the province of the same name.

The county

Tunceli is also the capital of a district directly subordinate to the governor ( Vali ), the central district ( Merkez ). The district has no external borders with other provinces and is enclosed by all other districts of the province, with the exception of Çemişgezek in the far west of the province. In addition to the capital, the district is divided into 53 villages ( Köy ) with a total of 4,989 inhabitants (an average of 94 per village). Burmageçit (692) and Geyiksuyu (592 inh .) Are the two largest, 16 villages have more than the average population.
The neighboring areas are:

Ovacık		Pülümür
Hozat		Nazımiye
Pertek		Mazgirt

population

Population development

The following table shows the comparative population level at the end of the year for the province, the central district and the city of Tokat and the respective share at the higher administrative level. The figures are based on the address-based population register (ADNKS) introduced in 2007.
The district has the highest population density in the province (three times the provincial average) and the lowest average age in 2017 (men: 32.73; women: 34.97; total: 33.74 years).

year	province	district		city
	absolutely	proportionally (%)	absolutely	proportionally (%)	absolutely
2018	88.198	43.66	38.504	87.04	33,515
2017	82,498	45.11	37,215	88.80	33,046
2016	82.193	45.16	37,116	88.53	32,858
2015	86,076	45.17	38,878	88.64	34,461
2014	86,527	43.93	38.015	87.52	33,270
2013	85,428	42.31	36,143	85.90	31,047
2012	86,276	41.61	35,898	87.66	31,469
2011	85,062	43.64	37.123	88.40	32,815
2010	76,699	40.03	30,702	86.02	26,410
2009	83,061	43.23	35,909	88.00	31,599
2008	86,449	38.54	33,316	85.80	28,586
2007	84.022	37.07	31,147	86.98	27.091

Census results

The following population information about the city, the district, the province and the country is available for the censuses:

region	1965	1970	1975	1980	1985	1990	2000
City (Şehir)	5,825	9,366	11,637	12,859	18,471	24,513	25,041
central circle (Merkez)	20,561	24,939	29.091	29,857	35,955	37,655	30,323
Province (İl)	154.175	157.293	164,591	157.974	151.906	133.143	93,584
Turkey	31,391,421	35.605.176	40,347,719	44,736,957	50,664,458	56.473.035	67,803,927

Climate table

Tunceli (981 m)
Climate diagram
J F. M. A. M. J J A. S. O N D.     109   3 -5     106   5 -4     101   11 1     97   18th 6th     67   24 10     20th   30th 15th     3.7   35 19th     3.3   35 19th     16   30th 13     70   22nd 9     103   13 2     114   6th -2 Temperature in ° C ,  precipitation in mm Source: State Meteorological Office of the Turkish Republic, normal period 1981-2010

Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Tunceli (981 m) Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Max. Temperature ( ° C ) 2.9 4.6 10.9 17.9 23.7 29.9 34.9 35.1 30.4 22.4 12.9 5.5 O 19.3 Min. Temperature (° C) -5.2 -4.0 0.9 6.4 10.2 14.7 19.2 18.7 13.4 8.5 2.0 -2.2 O 6.9 Temperature (° C) -1.5 0.0 5.7 12.1 17.1 22.8 27.4 27.0 21.6 14.7 6.8 1.3 O 13 Precipitation ( mm ) 109.1 105.7 101.1 97.4 67.1 19.8 3.7 3.3 15.7 69.6 102.7 113.8 Σ 809 Hours of sunshine ( h / d ) 3.5 4.2 5.4 6.5 9.0 11.2 12.0 11.3 9.8 6.9 5.1 3.1 O 7.3 Rainy days ( d ) 11.7 12.5 13.5 14.1 12.6 5.4 1.7 1.3 2.9 9.1 10.2 11.9 Σ 106.9 Source: State Meteorological Office of the Turkish Republic, normal period 1981-2010

politics

In the 2014 local elections, Mehmet Ali Bul was elected mayor by the BDP . The mayor and his deputy Nurhayat Altun were arrested on November 16, 2016. The Interior Ministry of Turkey announced on November 17, 2016 that Mehmet Ali Bul had been deposed and appointed a provisional mayor. In the case of municipal 2019 was Fatih Mehmet Maçoğlu of the CPM (Communist Party of Turkey) selected.

sons and daughters of the town

• Haydar Işık (* 1937), Kurdish teacher, writer and translator
• Mansur Bildik (* 1949), Saz player and co-founder of the Saz Association Vienna
• Hidir Gürakar (* 1953), German-Turkish politician (SPD)
• İbrahim Coşkun (* 1955), artist
• Çetin Güngör (1957–1985), Kurdish leadership and founding member and dissident of the PKK
• Kabire Yildiz (* 1960), German-Kurdish politician (Alliance 90 / The Greens)
• Saime Aşkın (1961–1984), Kurdish leadership and founding member and dissident of the PKK
• Kenan Güngör (* 1969), German sociologist and political advisor
• Kemal Halat (* 1971), soccer player and coach
• Mikail Aslan (* 1972), Kurdish zaza singer
• Necla Rüzgar (* 1972), artist
• İntizar (* 1974), musician
• Nuray Şahin (* 1974), Kurdish-German film director, screenwriter and actress
• Mukadder Püskürt (* 1977), Austrian documentary filmmaker
• Selçuk Şahin (* 1981), football player
• Karim Günes (* 1986), German actor of Turkish descent

Web links

Commons : Tunceli  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Nufusune.com , accessed April 13, 2020
2. ↑ İslam ve İhsan: ŞEHİRLERİN ESKİ İSİMLERİNİ BİLİYOR MUSUNUZ? Retrieved March 26, 2020 (Turkish). 
3. ↑ Annika Akdeniz-Taxer: Public, Participation, Empowerment. Women in local politics in rural areas of Turkey. VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, Wiesbaden 2011, p. 114
4. ↑ Tunceli governor's page on history, original from June 22, 2011: tunceli.gov.tr ( Memento from September 28, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (Turkish)
5. ↑ Central Dissemination System / Merkezi Dağıtım Sistemi (MEDAS) of the TÜIK , accessed on July 30, 2019
6. ^ Age Classes (Year 2017). urbistat.com; accessed on November 30, 2018
7. ↑ Genel Nüfus Sayımları - İllere göre ilçe, bucak, belde ve köy nufusları (census results 1965 to 2000) , accessed on July 30, 2019
8. ↑ Turkish police detain mayors of two southern provinces. Accessed July 11, 2018 . 
9. ↑ Akşam newspaper of November 16