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Until the 1950s Batman was a small village with a mostly Kurdish population. When oil companies moved in and the city's economy started to grow, population figures began to rise. Many [[Turkish people|Turkish]] workers and state officials settled in the city. Presently Batman has a high unemployment level. |
Until the 1950s Batman was a small village with a mostly Kurdish population. When oil companies moved in and the city's economy started to grow, population figures began to rise. Many [[Turkish people|Turkish]] workers and state officials settled in the city. Presently Batman has a high unemployment level. |
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According to the ''EU-Turkey Civic Commission Submission on Recent Violence'', on March 30, 2000, Fatih Tekin, a 3 year old boy, was shot and killed by Turkish Security forces during a police raid on a civilian house in Batman during a series of violent clashes in the Kurdish regions of Turkey.<ref>[http://www.khrp.org/eutcc/14-04-06.htm EU-Turkey Civic Commission Submission on Recent Violence]on [[Kurdish Human Rights Project|khrp.org]]</ref> |
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Revision as of 07:20, 1 May 2006
Batman (short for Bati Raman Mountains), also known as Elih or Iluh, is a city on the Batman River in the predominantly Kurdish[1] southeast of Turkey. It is the capital of Batman Province, and has a population of 246,700[2].
The mayor of Batman is Hüseyn Kalkan, who is a member of the Democratic Society Party.
Batman Province is an important oil producing area, and Batman has Turkey's oldest refinery, established in 1955. A 494 km long pipeline transports crude oil from Batman to Iskenderun. The railway track at nearby Kurtalan connects the city with Istanbul. There is also a regional airport near Batman.
Until the 1950s Batman was a small village with a mostly Kurdish population. When oil companies moved in and the city's economy started to grow, population figures began to rise. Many Turkish workers and state officials settled in the city. Presently Batman has a high unemployment level.
According to the EU-Turkey Civic Commission Submission on Recent Violence, on March 30, 2000, Fatih Tekin, a 3 year old boy, was shot and killed by Turkish Security forces during a police raid on a civilian house in Batman during a series of violent clashes in the Kurdish regions of Turkey.[3]
Notes
- ^ Turkey does not register ethnicity in census, and there are thus no verifiable official figures. See Kurdish people.
- ^ Batman Municipality (official site)
- ^ EU-Turkey Civic Commission Submission on Recent Violenceon khrp.org
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