Şarkışla

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Şarkışla

Total population

37,683

Coordinates39.35°, 36.41°

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

Overview

Şarkışla is a town in the Central Anatolian Sivas Province of Turkey. It is the seat of Şarkışla District. Its population is 23,707 (2022). The mayor is Kasim Gültekin (BBP).

Geography

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

Notable people from here

Âşık Veysel

Turkish poet (1894–1973)

Nebahat Albayrak

Turkish-Dutch statesperson (born 1968)

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Turan Dursun

Turkish scholar of religious studies and writer (1934–1990)

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Muhsin Yazıcıoğlu

Turkish statesperson (1954–2009)

Emel Sayın

Turkish actor and singer (born 1945)

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Erdal Ata

Turkish statesperson (born 1957)

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Ahmet Özdemir

Turkish writer (born 1948)

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Mustafa Özarslan

Turkish musician (born 1970)

Seyfeddin Soysal

Turkish artist (1966–2012)

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Yusuf Kaplan

Turkish writer and philosopher (born 1964)

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Ali İzzet Özkan

Turkish composer (1902–1981)

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Bünyamin Şimşek

Turkish Internet personality (born 1970)

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Ahmet Yılmaz

Turkish statesperson (1910–1975)

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Hulusi Timur

Turkish statesperson (1909–2001)

Mustafa Tuna

Turkish statesperson (born 1957)

Kazım Sinan Demirer

Turkish actor (born 1972)

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

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.