Yeşilyurt, Gaziantep

Town in Gaziantep Province, Turkey

Neighbourhood in İslahiye, Gaziantep, Turkey

36°54′N 36°34′E / 36.900°N 36.567°E / 36.900; 36.567CountryTurkeyProvinceGaziantepDistrictİslahiyePopulation

(2022)

3,918Time zoneUTC+3 (TRT)Postal code

27800

Yeşilyurt (Kurdish: Dolan) is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of İslahiye, Gaziantep Province, Turkey.^[1] Its population is 3,918 (2022).^[2] Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town (belde).^[3]^[4] It is populated by Kurds.^[5]

History

The town was founded in 1991 as a result of merging the three villages of Dolan, Yenioba and Alagöz. Major economic activities of the town are viticulture and peach gardening.^[6]

References

^ Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
^ "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
^ "Law No. 6360". Official Gazette (in Turkish). 6 December 2012.
^ "Classification tables of municipalities and their affiliates and local administrative units" (DOC). Official Gazette (in Turkish). 12 September 2010.
^ Peter Alfred, Andrews; Benninghaus, Rüdiger, eds. (1989). Ethnic Groups in the Republic of Turkey. p. 334.
^ İslahiye governor's page (in Turkish)