Kağızman (Kurdish: Qaxizman),[2][3][4] formerly Kaghzvan (Armenian: Կաղզուան),[5] is a town in Kars Province in the Eastern Anatolia region of Turkey. It is the seat of Kağızman District.[6] Its population is 21,130 (2022).[1]
The current mayor is Okan Daştan (State Appointment).[7] The town was the administrative center of the Kagizman Okrug of the Kars Oblast until 1918.
Notable people
- Rohat Alakom, writer
- Bob Dylan, song writer's paternal grandmother's town[8]
References
- ^ a b "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
- ^ "Dayika Leylayê çû şîna Sedanurê". TRT Nûçe (TRT Kurdish News). Retrieved 30 January 2020.
- ^ "Qaxizmanî kêfxweşbûne ku Bob Dylan xelata Nobelê wergirtîye". Rûpela Nû. 2016-11-14. Retrieved 2020-01-30.
- ^ Alakom, Rohat (2016-12-02). "Efsaneya Bob Dylan – guh jî dikarin bixwînin". Nefel. Retrieved 2020-01-30.
- ^ Hakobyan, Tadevos (1987). Պատմական Հայաստանի քաղաքները (Cities of historic Armenia) (in Armenian). Yerevan: "Hayastan" Publishing. p. 149.
- ^ İlçe Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
- ^ "Kars Kağızman Seçim Sonuçları - 31 Mart 2019 Yerel Seçimleri". sabah.com.tr. Retrieved 2020-01-23.
- ^ Dylan, pp. 92–93.[full citation needed]