Eyyübiye

Eyyübiye is a district and second level municipality in Şanlıurfa Province, Turkey. According to Law act no 6360, all Turkish provinces with a population more than 750 000, will be a metropolitan municipality and the districts within the metropolitan municipalities will be second level municipalities. The law also creates new districts within the provinces in addition to present districts.[1] These changes will be effective by the local elections in 2014. In the local elections of 31 March 2019, Mehmet Kuş (AKP) was elected mayor.[2] Adem Ünal is the appointed district governor.[3]

Eyyübiye
District
Eyyübiye
Coordinates: 37°13′28″N 38°50′49″E
CountryTurkey
ProvinceŞanlıurfa
Government
 • MayorNehmt Kuş (AKP)
 • KaymakamAdem Ünal
Websitehttp://www.eyyubiye.gov.tr

Thus after 2014 the present Şanlıurfa (Urfa) central district will be split into three. The western quarters of the city will be named Eyyübiye and the name Şanlıurfa will be reserved for the metropolitan municipality. (The name Eyyübiye refers to Job who is believed to have lived in Şanlıurfa.)

Rural area

There were one town and 115 villages in the rural area of Eyyubiye district. Now their official status became "neighborhood of Eyyübiye".

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References
  1. Official gazette (in Turkish)
  2. "Şanlıurfa Eyyübiye Seçim Sonuçları - 31 Mart 2019 Yerel Seçimleri". www.sabah.com.tr. Retrieved 2020-03-29.
  3. "Eyyübiye Kaymakamlığı". www.eyyubiye.gov.tr. Retrieved 2020-03-29.

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