Kocaköy (; Tahir Sezen, Osmanlı Yer Adları (Alfabetik Sırayla), T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, Yayın Nu 21, Ankara, p. 284.) is a municipality and district of Diyarbakır Province, Turkey.Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi , Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023. Its area is 248 km2, and its population is 15,355 (2022). It is populated by Kurds.
Politics In the local elections in March 2019 Rojda Nazlıer was elected mayor. In October 2019 she was dismissed and charged with being a member of a terrorist organization. The current District Governor is Yasin Yunak, who was also appointed as trustee after Nazlıer was dismissed.
Composition There are 22 neighbourhoods in Kocaköy District:Mahalle , Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
Anbar Arkbaşı Boyunlu Bozbağlar Bozyar Çakmaklı Çayırlı Çaytepe Eyüpler Gökçen Gözebaşı Günalan Hacıreşit Kaya Kokulupınar Şaklat Şerifoğulları Şeyhşerafettin Suçıktı Tepecik Yazıköy Yenişehir
History During the conflict between the Turkish Government and the Workers' Party of Kurdistan (PKK), a part of the districts rural population was resettled urban areas.
In 2017 curfews were declared by the Turkish government aimed to support the fight against the PKK.
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