{{Short description|Municipality in Siirt Province, Turkey}} {{About|a district in Turkey|the rock band|Kurtalan Ekspres}} {{Infobox Turkey place |type=municipality | name = Kurtalan |province=Siirt |district=Kurtalan | image_skyline = | image_caption = | image_shield = | image_logo = Kurtalan Belediyesi logo.png | coordinates = {{coord|37|55|34|N|41|42|01|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |population_total=36273 |population_as_of=2021 | leader_party = HDP | leader_title = Mayor | leader_name = Baran Akgül | website = {{URL| http://kurtalan.bel.tr | kurtalan.bel.tr }}
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'''Kurtalan''' ({{langx|ku|Misircê}},<ref>{{Cite book |last=Avcıkıran |first=Adem |url= |title=Kürtçe Anamnez, Anamneza bi Kurmancî |year=2009 |page=57 |language=ku, tr}}</ref> {{langx|hy|Խարզան|translit=Xarzan}} or {{lang|hy|Հարզան}}, ''Harzan''<ref name=vgm/>) is a municipality in the Kurtalan District of Siirt Province in Turkey.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Türkiye Mülki İdare Bölümleri Envanteri |url=https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx |access-date=19 December 2022 |website=T.C. İçişleri Bakanlığı |language=tr |archive-date=6 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150706215822/https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref> It was called '''Garzan''' until 1938 when it was renamed.<ref>{{Cite web |title=KURTALAN |url=http://www.siirt.gov.tr/kurtalan |access-date=2023-09-17 |website=www.siirt.gov.tr}}</ref> The municipality is populated by Kurds of the Pencenarî Kurdish tribe and had a population of 36,273 in 2021.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=31 ARALIK 2021 TARİHLİ ADRESE DAYALI NÜFUS KAYIT SİSTEMİ (ADNKS) SONUÇLARI |url=https://www.tuik.gov.tr/indir/duyuru/favori_raporlar.xlsx |access-date=16 December 2022 |website=TÜİK |language=tr |format=XLS}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Cibo |first=Nezire |title=Kürt tarihinde Garzan ve Pencinariler |publisher=İsmail Beşikci Vakfı Yayınları |year=2016 |isbn=9786059073219 |edition=1st |pages=69}}</ref>
== Demographics == According to Vital Cuinet, the kaza of Garzan had a population of 13,000 in 1891, including 8,800 Muslims, 3,600 Armenians, and others 600. The Muslim population were mostly Kurds. Syriac Catholics also lived in the area.<ref name=vgm>{{Cite web |title=Kaza Ğarzan / Խարզան - Kharzan / Հարզան – Harzan / Աղձն – Aghdzn / Tsregan / ܓܪܙܐܢĠarzān |url=https://virtual-genocide-memorial.de/region/the-six-provinces/bitlis-vilayet/sancak-slirt/kaza-garzan-%D5%AD%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A6%D5%A1%D5%B6-kharzan-%D5%B0%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A6%D5%A1%D5%B6-harzan-tsregan/ |access-date=2023-09-17 |website=Virtual Genocide Memorial |language=en-US}}</ref> With the exception of a few dozen, all Armenians were massacred during the Armenian genocide. The fate of Syriacs was similar to that of Armenians during the Syriac genocide.<ref name=vgm/>
{| class="wikitable" |+ Mother tongue, Garzan District, 1927 Turkish census<ref name=1927census>{{Cite journal |last=BabaoğLu |first=Resul |date=2018-01-01 |title=CUMHURİYET İDARESİNE GEÇİŞ SÜRECİNDE SİİRT'TE DEMOGRAFİK GÖSTERGELER |url=http://www.johschool.com/Makaleler/259130195_19.%20R.%20Babao%C4%9Flu%20-%20Cumhuriyet%20%C4%B0daresine%20G%C3%B6re.529-563..pdf |journal=Journal of History School |language=en |volume=11 |issue=XXXIV |pages=529–563 |doi=10.14225/Joh1285 |issn=1308-5298}}</ref> ! Turkish !! Arabic !! Kurdish !! Circassian !! Armenian !! Unknown or other languages |- | 585 || 736 || 12,739 || 3 || 0 || 90 |}
{| class="wikitable" |+ Religion, Garzan District, 1927 Turkish census<ref name=1927census/> ! Muslim !! Armenian !! Jewish !! Other |- | 13,407 || 55 || 1 || 406 |}
== Government == In the local elections of 2019 Baran Akgül was elected as Mayor.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://secim.haberler.com/2019/yerel-secimler/siirt-kurtalan-secim-sonuclari/|title=Siirt Kurtalan Seçim Sonuçları - 31 Mart Siirt Kurtalan Yerel Seçim Sonuçları|website=secim.haberler.com|language=tr-TR|access-date=2019-11-11|archive-date=2021-01-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210102160417/https://secim.haberler.com/2019/yerel-secimler/siirt-kurtalan-secim-sonuclari/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
== Transport == In Kurtalan railway station is the eastern terminus of the Southern Kurtalan Express between Ankara and Kurtalan operated by ''TCDD Taşımacılık.''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://railturkey.org/travel/trains/mainline/kurtalan/|title=Guney Kurtalan Express (Ankara Kurtalan train)|date=2018-10-14|website=Rail Turkey En|language=en|access-date=2019-11-11}}</ref>
==Notable people== * Baran Akgül - Mayor and Politician<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.haberler.com/baran-akgul/biyografisi/|title = Baran Akgül Kimdir? - Baran Akgül Hayatı ve Biyografisi}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Kurtalan District}} {{Authority control}}
Category:Populated places in Kurtalan District Category:Kurdish settlements in Siirt Province Category:District municipalities in Turkey Category:Former Armenian communities in Siirt Province Category:Historic Assyrian communities in Siirt Province
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