Baykan (Kurdish: Hawêl)[1] is a municipality in the Baykan District of the Siirt Province in Turkey.[2] It is populated by Kurds and had a population of 5,544 in 2021.[3][4]
Baykan | |
|---|---|
  Baykan Location in Turkey | |
| Coordinates: 38°09′50″N 41°47′05″E / 38.16389°N 41.78472°E | |
| Country | Turkey |
| Province | Siirt |
| District | Baykan |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Ramazan Sarsılmaz (HDP) |
| Population (2021) | 5,544 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (TRT) |
| Website | www.baykan.bel.tr |
Neighborhoods
Baykan is divided into the neighborhoods of Cefan, Havel, İnönü, Karşıyaka and Yenidoğan.[2]
Politics
In the local elections in March 2019 Ramazan Sarsılmaz from the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) was elected mayor.[5] Mehmet Tunç was appointed Kaymakam in September 2018.[6] On 15 May 2020, Sarsılmaz was dismissed from his post, and Mehmet Tunç was appointed as the trustee of the municipality.[7]