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Malazgirt

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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 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

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Instance of
town
Official name
Malazgirt
Country
Turkey
Located in
Bitlis vilayet
Population
20110
Image
Muş location Malazgirt.png
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Commons category
Malazgirt
urban population
19628
postal code
49400
topic's main category
Category:Malazgirt
rural population
28564
native label
Malazgirt
name in kana
マラズギルト
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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents
  • History
  • Founding
  • Medieval
  • Modern
  • Climate
  • Geology and geomorphology
  • Tourism
  • Economy
  • Demographics
  • References

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

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Malazgirt” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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