Dulkadiroğlu

For the medieval state, see Beylik of Dulkadir.

Dulkadiroğlu is a municipality and district of Kahramanmaraş Province, Turkey.^[2] Its area is 1,176 km²,^[3] and its population is 226,409 (2022).^[1] The district Dulkadiroğlu was created at the 2013 reorganisation from parts of the former central district of Kahramanmaraş and the district of Pazarcık, along with the new district Onikişubat.^[4][5] It covers the eastern part of the agglomeration of Kahramanmaraş and the adjacent countryside. The name Kahramanmaraş is reserved for the metropolitan municipality.

Dulkadiroğlu
District and municipality
Map showing Dulkadiroğlu District in Kahramanmaraş Province
Dulkadiroğlu Location in Turkey
Coordinates: 37°35′N 36°56′E
Country	Turkey
Province	Kahramanmaraş
Government
• Mayor	Mehmet Akpinar (YRP)
Area	1,176 km2 (454 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[1]	226,409
• Density	190/km2 (500/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+3 (TRT)
Area code	0344
Website	www.dulkadiroglu.bel.tr

"Dulkadiroğlu" means "son of Dulkadir"; Dulkadir was a Turkmen tribe leader who had founded a beylik (principality) in and around Kahramanmaraş in the 15th century.

Composition

There are 105 neighbourhoods in Dulkadiroğlu District:^[6]

• Abbaslar
• Ağabeyli
• Aksu
• Akyar
• Alibeyuşağı
• Arslanbey Çiftliği
• Aslanbey
• Ayaklıcaoluk
• Bağlarbaşı
• Bahçeli
• Bahçelievler
• Ballıca
• Başdervişli
• Bayazıtlı
• Baydemirli
• Beşenli
• Boyalı
• Budaklı
• Bulanık
• Çatmayayla
• Çiğli
• Çınarlı
• Çobanlı
• Çokyaşar
• Delilköy
• Demirciler
• Denizli
• Dereköy
• Dereli
• Divanlı
• Doğanlıkarahasan
• Doğukent
• Dulkadiroğlu
• Duraklı
• Egemenlik
• Ekberoğlu
• Ekmekçi
• Elmalar
• Erkenez
• Eskinarlı
• Eyüp Sultan
• Ferhuş
• Fevzipaşa
• Gaffarlı
• Gazipaşa
• Genç Osman
• Göllü
• Güneşevler
• Güzelyurt
• Hacıeyüplü
• Halkaçayırı
• İsa Divanlı
• İsmetpaşa
• İstasyon
• Kabasakal
• Kanuni
• Kapıçam
• Karamanlı
• Karataş
• Karaziyaret
• Karşıyaka
• Kartal
• Kayabaşı
• Kazanlıpınar
• Kemalli
• Kılağlı
• Kırım
• Kocalar
• Kozludere
• Küçüknacar
• Küpelikız
• Kurtuluş
• Kuzucak
• Maksutuşağı
• Mamaraş
• Mehmet Akif
• Menderes
• Namık Kemal
• Navruzlu
• Öksüzlü
• Osmanbey
• Peynirdere
• Pınarbaşı
• Sakarya
• Sarıkaya
• Senem Ayşe
• Şerefoğlu
• Şeyh Adil
• Şeyh Şamil
• Seyrantepe
• Sivricehüyük
• Söğütlü
• Sümer
• Sütçü Imam
• Tevekkelli
• Turan
• Ulutaş
• Yahya Kemal
• Yavuzselim
• Yenikent
• Yenipınar
• Yenişehir
• Yeniyurt
• Yeşiltepe
• Yusufhacılı