Palu, Elazığ

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Palu
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Palu is located in Turkey
Palu
Palu
Coordinates: 38°42′14″N 39°57′04″E / 38.70389°N 39.95111°E / 38.70389; 39.95111Coordinates: 38°42′14″N 39°57′04″E / 38.70389°N 39.95111°E / 38.70389; 39.95111
Country Turkey
ProvinceElazığ
Government
 • MayorEfrayim Ünalan (AKP)
 • KaymakamMustafa Demir
Area
[1]
 • District837.10 km2 (323.21 sq mi)
Population
 (2012)[2]
 • Urban
9,187
 • District
20,377
 • District density24/km2 (63/sq mi)
Post code
23500
ClimateCsa
Websitewww.palu.bel.tr

Palu (Kurdish: Palo‎[3]) is a town and district of Elazığ Province of Turkey. The current mayor is Efrayim Ünalan (AKP).[4] It has a population of 8,652.

History[]

Palu was the site of an Akkoyunlu fortress in the late 15th century, which was captured by Hüseyin Bey, a Mirdâsîd lord from the Principality of Eğil.[5] He established the Emirate of Palu, which existed from 1495 to 1845.[6] After 1517, the Emirate was part of the Ottoman Empire.[7][8] The town had a significant Armenian population until the Armenian genocide in 1915.[9]

Notable people[]

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. ^ adem Avcıkıran (2009). Kürtçe Anamnez Anamneza bi Kurmancî (PDF) (in Turkish and Kurdish). p. 56. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  4. ^ Şafak, Yeni (2019-06-11). "Elazığ Palu Seçim Sonuçları – Palu Yerel Seçim Sonuçları". Yeni Şafak (in Turkish). Retrieved 2019-11-06.
  5. ^ Serdar Karabulut, eyeyh Ali Sebiti al-Palevi, Gold Pen Publications, mitzmit, 2014, p.33
  6. ^ The Kurds: An Encyclopedia of Life, Culture, and Society [1]
  7. ^ PALU GOVERNMENT WITHIN THE OTTOMAN ADMINISTRATIVE SYSTEM [2]
  8. ^ 18 Şerefhan, a.g.e., C. II/I, s.32
  9. ^ Üngör, Uğur Ümit (2012). The Making of Modern Turkey: Nation and State in Eastern Anatolia, 1913-1950. Oxford University Press. p. 81. ISBN 9780199655229.
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