Muradiye (, ) is a municipality and district of Van Province, Turkey.Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023. Its area is 912 km2, and its population is 45,718 (2022). It is best known for its impressive waterfalls.
History
The tenth-century Byzantine text De Administrando Imperio mentions "Perkri" belonging to King Ashot I Bagratuni at the beginning of the ninth century before being turned over to an Arab ruler, Abu'l-Ward.Constantine Porphyrogenitos. De Administrando Imperio, ed. Gyula Moravcsik and trans. Romilly J.H. Jenkins (Washington D.C.: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, 2009), ch. 44, p. 199. After the death of Ashot's son, Smbat I, another Arab ruler, Abu Sawada, took possession of Berkri.Constantine Porphyrogenitos, De Administrando Imperio, ch. 44, p. 201.
Forced evacuations The Muradiye district also experienced forced evacuations of some of its inhabitants as a consequence of the Turkish-Kurdish conflict.
Government Mehmet Ali Tunç was elected mayor in the local elections 2014. He was detained and a trustee was appointed instead in January 2017. In the local elections in March 2019, Yılmaz Şalan from the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) was elected mayor. On the 6 November 2019, Şalan was arrested due to charges relating to terrorism. The current Kaymakam is Erkan Savar.
Composition There are 48 neighbourhoods in Muradiye District:Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
Açıkyol Adaklı Akbulak Akçaçay Alkasnak Aşağı Argıt Babacan Balaklı Beşparmak Beydağı Çakmak Çiçekli Dağören Devetaş Doğangün Dürükkaş Erişen Esenkoç Fatih Fevzi Çakmak Gönderme Görecek Güllüçimen Gültepe Gümüştepe Kandahar Karahan Karaoğlan Keçikıran Kemerköprü Kocasaban Köşkköy Kuşçu Otlakbaşı Ovapınar Sarımehmet Şehitmehmetbey Sürüyolu Tansu Topuzarpa Uluşar Ünseli Yakıncak Yalındüz Yavuz Selim Yenişehir Yukarı Argıt Yumaklı
Climate The climate in Muradiye, with hot, dry summer, and cold, snowy winters, can be classified a humid continental climate (Köppen: Dsa).
Education In the early 2000s, there was reported a lack of teachers. Teachers were teaching more than 50 children per average.
Earthquake In 1976 an earthquake occurred in Muradiye, Van, and caused the death of about 3,640 people and leaving 51,000 people homeless.
See also 1976 Çaldıran–Muradiye earthquake
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