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Gevaş

Coordinates: 38°17′52″N 43°06′20″E / 38.29778°N 43.10556°E / 38.29778; 43.10556
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Gevaş
Vostan • Ոստան
Gevaş tomb
Gevaş tomb
Map showing Gevaş District in Van Province
Map showing Gevaş District in Van Province
Gevaş is located in Turkey
Gevaş
Gevaş
Location in Turkey
Coordinates: 38°17′52″N 43°06′20″E / 38.29778°N 43.10556°E / 38.29778; 43.10556
CountryTurkey
ProvinceVan
Government
 • MayorMurat Sezer (AKP)
Area
1,544 km2 (596 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)[1]
26,918
 • Density17/km2 (45/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+3 (TRT)
Postal code
65700
Area code0432
Websitewww.gevas.bel.tr

Gevaş (Armenian: Ոստան, romanizedVostan, lit.'[princely] court';[2] Kurdish: Westan[3]) is a municipality and district of Van Province, Turkey.[4] Its area is 1,544 km2,[5] and its population is 26,918 (2022).[1] In the last elections of March 2019, Murat Sezer from the Justice and Development Party (AKP) was elected Mayor.[6] As Kaymakam, Hamit Genç was appointed by President Recep Tayyip Erdoĝan in July 2019.[7]

The municipality is populated by Kurds.[3]

History

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Historically, Gevaş was for some time the main town of the Armenian kingdom of Vaspurakan and later between the 14th and 15th centuries the centre of a small Kurdish emirate. In their time the settlement had moved nearer to the lake.[2] Later the town was incorporated in the Ottoman Empire. Before World War I, the district had a Muslim majority with a large Christian Armenian minority.

Main sights include surviving ruins of the castle, the monumental tomb known as Halime Hatun Kümbeti, built in 1358, very likely for the daughter of a local emir,[2] a mosque built before 1446 (restoration in that year), the tomb of Sheikh Ibrahim, father of Halime Hatun[2] as well as the ruins of an Armenian church in Ili, probably built after 941 and an Armenian Church/monastery on Kuşadası Island west of Aghtamar Island.[2]

Composition

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There are 42 neighbourhoods in Gevaş District:[8]

  • Abalı
  • Akdamar
  • Aladüz
  • Altınsaç
  • Anaköy
  • Atalan
  • Aydınocak
  • Bağlama
  • Bahçelievler
  • Barışık
  • Dağyöre
  • Daldere
  • Değirmitaş
  • Dereağzı
  • Dilmetaş
  • Dokuzağaç
  • Elmalı
  • Göründü
  • Gündoğan
  • Güzelkonak
  • Hasbey
  • Hişet
  • İkizler
  • İnköy
  • Karşıyaka
  • Kayalar
  • Kazanç
  • Kızıltaş
  • Koçak
  • Kurultu
  • Kuşluk
  • Orta
  • Pınarbaşı
  • Selimiye
  • Timar
  • Töreli
  • Uğurveren
  • Uysal
  • Yanıkçay
  • Yemişlik
  • Yoldöndü
  • Yuva

References

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  1. ^ a b "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d e Sinclair, T.A. (1989). Eastern Turkey: An Architectural & Archaeological Survey, Volume I. Pindar Press. pp. 222–223. ISBN 9780907132325.
  3. ^ a b Mendeş, Hurşit Baran (2022). Ertoşîler (in Turkish). Doz. p. 342.
  4. ^ Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  5. ^ "İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri". General Directorate of Mapping. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  6. ^ "Van Gevaş Seçim Sonuçları - 31 Mart 2019 Yerel Seçimleri". www.sabah.com.tr. Retrieved 2020-04-21.
  7. ^ "KAYMAKAMIMIZ". www.gevas.gov.tr. Retrieved 2020-04-21.
  8. ^ Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.