Bismil () is a municipality and district of Diyarbakır Province, Turkey.Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023. Its area is 1,679 km2, and its population is 118,698 (2022). The district was established on 4 January 1936.
Neighborhoods There are 122 neighbourhoods in Bismil District:Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
Ağılköy Ağıllı Ahmetli Akbaş Akçay Akköy Akpınar Alibey Alıncak Altıok Aluç Ambar Aralık Arapkent Arıkgöl Aşağıdolay Aşağıoba Aslanoğlu Ataköy Aygeçti Babahaki Bademli Baharlı Bahçe Balcılar Başhan Başköy Başören Belli Bölümlü Boyacı Bozçalı Çakallı Çakıllı Çatalköy Çavuşlu Çeltikli Çölağan Çöltepe Çorapa Derbent Dicle Doruk Dumlupınar Eliaçık Erler Esentepe Fatih Fırat Gedikbaşı Göksu Güngeçti Güroluk Güzelköy Harmanlı Hasanpınar İsalı İsapınar Işıklar Kağıtlı Kamberli Kamışlı Karabörk Karacık Karaçölya Karagöz Karapınar Karatepe Karayiğit Kavuşak Kayıköy Kazancı Keberli Kılavuztepe Koğuk Kopmaz Köprüköy Kopuzlu Korukçu Köseli Koyunlu Kumrulu Kurtuluş Kurudeğirmen Kurudere Merdan Meydanlık Mirzabey Obalı Ofköy Oğuzlar Pınarbaşı Şahintepe Sanayi Sarıköy Sarıtoprak Sazlı Seki Şentepe Serçeler Seyit Hasan Seyrantepe Sinanköy Tatlıçayır Tekel Tepe Tepecik Tilkilik Topraklı Türkmenhacı Üçtepe Uğrak Uğurlu Ulutürk Uyanık Yağmurköy Yamaçköy Yasince Yenice Yukarıdolay Yukarıharım Yukarısalat
The pre-2013 municipality was divided into the neighborhoods of Akpınar, Altıok, Dicle, Dumlupınar, Esentepe, Fatih, Fırat, Kurtuluş, Sanayi, Seyrantepe, Şentepe, Tekel and Ulutürk.
History On the Körtik hill exists an archeological site.
Politics In the elections on the 31 March 2019 Orhan Ayaz from the Peoples' Democratic Party was elected as Mayor. But in October he got dismissed due to an investigation. A trustee was appointed instead.
Notable people Özz Nûjen, comedian born in Bismil who later moved to Sweden Mehmet Mehdi Eker, former Minister of Food, Agriculture and Livestock Azize Tanrıkulu, Turkish taekwondo athlete
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