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Silopi
City in Şırnak Province, Turkey From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Silopi (Kurdish: Silopî)[2] is a city and seat of Silopi District in the Şırnak Province of Turkey.[3] The city is mainly populated by Kurds of Sipêrtî and Zewkan tribes and had a population of 108,880 in 2023.[4][1]
Adalet Fidan of the HDP was elected mayor in 2019[5] but deposed the same year and replaced by the sub-governor (kaymakam), Sezer Işiktaş, as acting mayor.
Large sections of the city were damaged in 2016 during clashes between Turkish forces and the PKK.[6]
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Neighborhoods
The city is divided into the eleven neighborhoods: Barbaros, Başak, Cudi, Cumhuriyet (Kizir), Dicle, Karşıyaka, Nuh, Ofis, Şehit Harun Boy, Yenişehir and Yeşiltepe.[3]
Climate
On 25 July 2025, Silopi recorded 50.5 °C (122.9 °F), setting a new national highest temperature record in Turkey, as well as recording for the first time a temperature of 50 °C (122 °F) in Turkey.[7] The previous highest temperature record in Turkey was held by Sarıcakaya, Eskişehir Province in northwest Turkey (49.5 °C (121.1 °F) in August 2023).[8]
History
Recent history
Since July 2015, the Kurdish-Turkish conflict in the region has escalated, and 34 people have been killed in Silopi. On 7 August 2015 clashes between Turkish security forces and the Kurdish militant PKK group may have killed three people. Government reports claimed "terrorists" were killed,[9][10] while pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party lawmaker Faysal Sarıyıldız said that the casualties were civilians and that he had seen no sign of armed militants.[11] Turkish authorities placed the city under curfew from 14 December 2015 to 4 January 2016. According to the Peoples' Democratic Party, 20 people were killed.[12]
Employment
As of 2019, Şırnak Silopi power station was powered by asphaltite coal and was claimed both to emit air pollution and to be an important source of employment.[13] In 2020 the EBRD proposed a just transition to support workers who may lose jobs due to the decline of coal in Turkey.[14]
Peanuts are grown.[15]
Population
Population history from 2007 to 2023:[1]
See also
References
External links
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