Karayazı

Karayazı (Qereyazî ) is a municipality and district of Erzurum Province, Turkey. Its area is 1,953 km2, and its population is 25,543 (2022). In March 2019 Melike Göksu (HDP) was elected mayor. On 17 September 2019 she was dismissed and arrested due to a sentence of 7 years and 6 months for terrorist propaganda. Kaymakam Mesut Tabakçıoğlu was appointed as a trustee instead.

Composition
There are 75 neighbourhoods in Karayazı District:


 * Abdurrahmanköy
 * Ağaçlı
 * Akarsu
 * Akpınar
 * Alemdağı
 * Aliküllek
 * Anıtlı
 * Aşağıincesu
 * Aşağısöylemez
 * Aydınsu
 * Bayraktar
 * Bezirhane
 * Çakmaközü
 * Çalışkan
 * Çaltılı
 * Çatalören
 * Çavuşköy
 * Çayırbeyli
 * Çelikli
 * Çepi
 * Değirmenkaya
 * Dörtpınar
 * Doruca
 * Dündarköy
 * Duruca
 * Elmaağaç
 * Geventepe
 * Göksu
 * Göktepe
 * Güllü
 * Hacıbayram
 * Hasanova
 * Kapanlı
 * Karaağıl
 * Karabey
 * Karakale
 * Karakaya
 * Karasu
 * Karşıyaka
 * Kayalar
 * Kazbel
 * Kırgındere
 * Kırıkpınar
 * Kösehasan
 * Köyceğiz
 * Kurupınar
 * Mollabekir
 * Mollaosman
 * Muratlı
 * Payveren
 * Şakirköy
 * Salyamaç
 * Sancaktar
 * Sarıçiçek
 * Selenli
 * Sukonak
 * Sulutaş
 * Taşan
 * Tosunlu
 * Turnagöl
 * Uğurdalı
 * Ulucanlar
 * Üzengili
 * Yahyaköy
 * Yalındal
 * Yeni
 * Yeniköy
 * Yeşilova
 * Yeşilyurt
 * Yiğityolu
 * Yolgören
 * Yücelik
 * Yukarıçığılgan
 * Yukarıcihanbey
 * Yukarısöylemez

Notable people

 * Hozan Canê (*1971), German-Kurdish singer