Hekimhan Explained

Type:	metro district
Hekimhan
Coordinates:	38.8164°N 37.9328°W
Province:	Malatya
Leader Party:	CHP
Leader Name:	Mehmet Şerif Yıldırım
Area Total Km2:	1514
Elevation M:	1075
Population Total:	3705
Population As Of:	2022
Postal Code:	44400
Area Code:	0422

Hekimhan is a municipality and district of Malatya Province, Turkey.^[1] Its area is 1,514 km²,^[2] and its population is 15,706 (2022).^[3] It is located in the upper Euphrates in Eastern Anatolia. Hekimhan is 1,075 m above sea level. The highest point in Hekimhan is Zurbahan mountain (2,091 m). The mayor is Mehmet Şerif Yıldırım (CHP).

Historical sites

Taşhan caravanserai (constructed by the Seljuk Turks),^[4] a Turkish bath and a mosque built by the Ottomans are some notable historical structures in the town.

Composition

There are 65 neighbourhoods in Hekimhan District:^[5]

Akmağara
Aksütlü
Aşağısazlıca
Bağyolu
Bahçedamı
Bahçelievler
Ballıkaya
Basak
Başkavak
Başkınık
Beykent
Boğazgören
Budaklı
Çanakpınar
Çimenlik
Çulhalı
Davulgu
Delihasanyurdu
Dereköy
Deveci
Dikenli
Dikili
Dumlu
Dursunlu
Fatih
Girmana
Güçlü
Güvenç
Güzelyayla
Güzelyurt
Hacılar
Hasançelebi
Haydaroğlu
İğdir
Işıklı
Karadere
Karaköçek
Karapınar
Karşıyaka
Karslılar
Kavacık
Kocaözü
Köprülü Mehmet Paşa
Köylüköyü
Kozdere
Kurşunlu
Mimarsinan
Mollaibrahim
Ş. Fethi Akyüz
Salıcık
Saraylı
Sarıkız
Söğüt
Taşbaşı
Taşoluk
Turgut Özal
Uğurlu
Yağca
Yayladamı
Yeni
Yeşilkale
Yeşilköy
Yeşilpınar
Yukarı Sazlıca
Yukarıselimli

Demographics

Ethnic composition of the villages in Hekimhan District:

Kurdish (Alevi): Aşağısazlıca, Saraylı, Sazlıca^[6] ^[7]
Kurdish (Sunni): Aksütlü, Çimenlik, Delihasanyurdu, Dikenli, Dikili, Güçlü, Güzelyayla, Haydaroğlu, Karapınar, Karslılar, Kavacık, Kurşunlu, Söğüt, Taşoluk (Dereyurt), Yağca, Yeşilköy^[8] ^[9] ^[10] ^[11] ^[12]
Turkish (Alevi): Akmağara, Bahçedamı, Ballıkaya, Basak, Başkavak, Başkınık, Beykent, Boğazören, Budaklı, Çanakpınar, Çulhalı, Davulgu, Dereköy, Güvenç, Hacılar, Hasançelebi, İğdir, Karadere, Karaköçek, Kozdere, Salıcık, Uğurlu, Yeşilkale^[13] ^[14] ^[8]
Turkish (Sunni): Devecı, Dumlu, Dursunlu, Güzelyurt, Işıklı, Kocaözü, Mollaibrahim, Sarıkız, Yayladam, Yeşilpınar^[8]
Kurdish (Alevi) and Turkish (Alevi): Köylüköyü
Kurdish (Alevi) and Turkish (Sunni): Girmana (Yukarıkırmanlı)^[15]

Notable people

Mehmet Ali Ağca

Notes and References

https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi
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Web site: Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports. 19 September 2023. TÜİK. en. XLS.
Web site: Hekim Han. 2021-01-30. www.turkishhan.org.
https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx Mahalle
Çıplak. Süleyman Cabir. 2011. Music and Identity in Atma tribe. Istanbul Technical University Institute of Social Studies. tr. 48.
Book: Ethnic Groups in the Republic of Turkey. 1989. Peter Alfred. Andrews. 344. Benninghaus. Rüdiger.
Ertürk. Kenan. 2000. Malatya'nın etnik yapısının siyasi hayata etkileri. tr. 139–141.
News: 2 July 2012. Dirijanlilar Yama senligiyle costu!. tr. Sonsöz. 4 September 2021.
News: 2009. Bahçeli'ye şok! MHP İstanbul İl Başkanı da Kürt çıktı!. tr. 4 September 2021.
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Web site: Hekimhan . 4 September 2021 . Nisanyan Yeradları . tr.
Book: Andrews . Peter . Ethnic Groups in the Republic of Turkey: Supplement and Index . Benninghaus . Rüdiger . 2002 . 9783895002298 . 122.