Karayazı

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Karayazı

Total population

28,792

Elevation2450 m

Coordinates39.70°, 42.14°

Demographic figures from TurkStat. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

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Overview

Karayazı is a municipality and district of Erzurum Province, Turkey. Its area is 1,953 km2, and its population is 25,543 (2022). In March 2019 Melike Göksu (HDP) was elected mayor. On 17 September 2019 she was dismissed and arrested due to a sentence of 7 years and 6 months for terrorist propaganda. Kaymakam Mesut Tabakçıoğlu was appointed as a trustee instead.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Hozan Canê

Kurdish singer of German citizenship

Kamuran Yüksek

Turkish statesperson (born 1980)

A

Abdurrahman Canlı

Turkish association football player (born 1997)

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Emirhan Kaşcıoğlu

Turkish association football player (born 2001)

Y

Yavuz Durmaz

Turkish association football player (born 2005)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

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