Ovacık, Dersim

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Ovacık
Ovacık is located in Turkey
Ovacık
Ovacık
Coordinates: 39°21′31″N 39°12′59″E / 39.35861°N 39.21639°E / 39.35861; 39.21639Coordinates: 39°21′31″N 39°12′59″E / 39.35861°N 39.21639°E / 39.35861; 39.21639
CountryTurkey
ProvinceTunceli
Government
 • MayorMustafa Sarıgül (CHP)
 • KaymakamEmre Dündar
Area
[1]
 • District1,517.66 km2 (585.97 sq mi)
Population
 (2012)[2]
 • Urban
0
 • District
6,352
 • District density4.2/km2 (11/sq mi)
Post code
62900
Websitewww.tunceliovacik.bel.tr www.tunceliovacik.gov.tr/

Ovacık (Ottoman Turkish: پلور Pulur,[3] Old Turkish:Nahîye-î Ovacık[4][5]) is a town and its surrounding district in Tunceli Province of Turkey.

Its name is derived from a small plain between the Munzur and Mercan mountains.[6]

It has a population of 3,227. It was the only town to elect a communist mayor in 2014 Turkish local elections, Fatih Mehmet Maçoğlu, member of the Communist Party of Turkey. He made public transport free of charge and in 2017 he opened a municipal agricultural cooperative that produced chickpeas, beans, and honey and according to Maçoğlu gave work to 250 people.[7] In the Municipal elections of 2019 Mustafa Sarıgül from the CHP was elected mayor.[8]

References[]

  1. ^ "Area of regions (including lakes), km²". Regional Statistics Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. 2002. Retrieved 2013-03-05.
  2. ^ "Population of province/district centers and towns/villages by districts - 2012". Address Based Population Registration System (ABPRS) Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. Retrieved 2013-02-27.
  3. ^ Tahir Sezen, Osmanlı Yer Adları (Alfabetik Sırayla), T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, Yayın Nu 21, Ankara, p. 414.
  4. ^ The Munzur Father Mythology and Historical Sources Trial, Munzur University
  5. ^ http://cemisgezek.gov.tr/tarihce
  6. ^ Tuzlac, Ertan; Doùan, Ahmet (2010). "Turkish folk medicinal plants, IX: Ovacik (Tunceli)". Marmara Pharmaceutical Journal. 14: 136–143. doi:10.12991/201014449.
  7. ^ Nawa, Fariba (2018-04-21). "The Unlikely New Hero of Turkey's Opposition". The New Yorker. ISSN 0028-792X. Retrieved 2019-05-25.
  8. ^ "Tunceli Ovacık Seçim Sonuçları - 31 Mart 2019 Yerel Seçimleri". www.sabah.com.tr. Retrieved 2019-05-25.
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