Kocaköy district

Kocaköy (; ) is a municipality and district of Diyarbakır Province, Turkey. Its area is 248 km2, and its population is 15,355 (2022). It is populated by Kurds.

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Turkey place.type: metro district
Turkey place.name: Kocaköy
Turkey place.image_map: Diyarbakır location Kocaköy.png
Turkey place.map_caption: Map showing Kocaköy District in Diyarbakır Province
Turkey place.province: Diyarbakır
Turkey place.leader_party: HDP
Turkey place.leader_name: Rojda Nazlıer
Turkey place.area_total_km2: 248
Turkey place.population_total: 15355
Turkey place.population_as_of: 2022
Turkey place.postal_code: 21450
Turkey place.area_code: 0412

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Instance of: district of Turkey
Country: Turkey
Located in: Diyarbakır Province
Continent: Asia
Official language: Turkish
Population: 16679
Area: 248
Elevation: 969
Time zone: time in Turkey

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urban population: 15750
rural population: 10370
inception: 1990-05-20

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Kocaköy (; ) is a municipality and district of Diyarbakır Province, Turkey. Its area is 248 km2, and its population is 15,355 (2022). It is populated by Kurds.

== Politics == In the local elections in March 2019 Rojda Nazlıer was elected mayor. In October 2019 she was dismissed and charged with being a member of a terrorist organization. The current District Governor is Yasin Yunak, who was also appointed as trustee after Nazlıer was dismissed.

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