Malazgirt
Sign in to saveMalazgirt (; ; ), historically known as Manzikert (), is a town in Muş Province in Turkey. It is the seat of Malazgirt District. In the 2024 Turkish local elections, Ahmet Kenan Türker from the Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party was elected as the mayor. According to the 2024 population census, the district's total population is 42,135. It is mostly populated by Kurds with few Islamized Armenians. It is the site of the 1071 Battle of Manzikert between the Byzantines and Seljuk Turks. In the city, there is the Malazgirt Castle, for which the Byzantine Empire and the Seljuk state fought doze
Key facts
- Turkey place.type
- municipality
- Turkey place.name
- Malazgirt
- Turkey place.province
- Muş
- Turkey place.district
- Malazgirt
- Turkey place.leader_party
- DEM
- Turkey place.leader_name
- Kenan Türker
- Turkey place.population_total
- 42,135
- Turkey place.population_as_of
- 2024
- Turkey place.postal_code
- 49400
- Turkey place.area_code
- 0436
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Malazgirt (; ; ), historically known as Manzikert (), is a town in Muş Province in Turkey. It is the seat of Malazgirt District. In the 2024 Turkish local elections, Ahmet Kenan Türker from the Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party was elected as the mayor. According to the 2024 population census, the district's total population is 42,135. It is mostly populated by Kurds with few Islamized Armenians. It is the site of the 1071 Battle of Manzikert between the Byzantines and Seljuk Turks. In the city, there is the Malazgirt Castle, for which the Byzantine Empire and the Seljuk state fought dozens of times.
==History== left|thumb|View of the city of Malazgirt and Mount Mount Süphan|Süphan from the north, 1901