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19-397: In the 19th century Bulanık was the name of the kaza . Its capital, today's Bulanık town, was called Gop, also rendered as Kop. At the end of the 19th century Gop was described as a large village with about 400 houses, all but 50 of them inhabited by Armenians. Although the soil was amongst the most fertile in the region, the inhabitants were almost destitute due to the region's insecurity and

38-581: Is a cite for Murat River . After the Battle of Manzikert in 1071, Turkmen tribes (such as Bayat, Eymür and Bayındır) settled in Bulanık. Today, Kurds are the majority. Before the Armenian genocide , there was an Armenian majority, which was later replaced by Turks (in addition to local Turkmens ). Bulanık took a lot of Turkic emigrants such as Meskhetians and Qarapapaq Turks . These Muhacirs first came with

57-506: Is based on terminology from the Hebrew Bible and other sources relating to ancient Israel and Judah / Judea . The territory has been under Israeli control since the 1967 Six-Day War but not annexed by Israel, pending negotiations regarding its status. It is part of historic Israel , which leads to politically contentious issues. However, it is not recognized as part of the State of Israel by

76-523: Is further divided into natural regions, which in turn are further divided into council-level divisions: whether they might be cities , municipalities , or regional councils . The present division into districts was established in 1953, to replace the divisions inherited from the British Mandate . It has remained substantially the same ever since; a second proclamation of district boundaries issued in 1957—which remains in force as of 2023—only affirmed

95-595: The Armenian genocide , Armenians formed the majority of the population. The Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople , on the eve of the First World War, reports 25,053 Armenians in the kaza of Bulanık, with 29 churches, three monasteries and 14 schools. According to the 1927 Turkish census , all 5,297 inhabitants of the Bulanık District were Muslims. Today, Kurds are the majority. Kaza A kaza ( Ottoman Turkish : قضا , "judgment" or "jurisdiction")

114-703: The Hof Aza Regional Council with a population of approx. 10,000 Israelis was a part of this district, but the Israeli communities that constituted it were evacuated when the disengagement plan was implemented on the Gaza Strip . Since the withdrawal, the Coordination and Liaison Administration operates there. Judea and Samaria Area ( Hebrew : אֵזוֹר יְהוּדָה וְשׁוֹמְרוֹן‬ , Ezor Yehuda VeShomron ) The name Judea and Samaria for this geographical area

133-758: The Porte to establish uniform and rational administration across the empire. The 1871 revisions removed the kazas' responsibility for direct supervision of their villages, placing them all under nearby nahiyes instead. The subdistricts of Mandatory Palestine were known as nafa ( נָפָה‎ ) in Hebrew but as kaza, qada, etc. in Arabic. The same terms continue to be used in present-day Israel and Palestine . Syria used kazas, qadas, etc. as its second-level administrative division after independence but later renamed them mintaqahs . The Republic of Turkey continued to use kazas until

152-558: The Russo-Turkish War and continued to come during the Republic era ). An American consul, Consul Tyrell, visited the border region between Bulanık and Eleşkirt and made these observations in the beginning of the 20th century: There are only three or four Armenian villages in this [Bulanik] kaza [county], most of the settled inhabitants being Muhajirs of Turcoman origin. They are called Karapapak [Black hat wearers], part of them being from

171-634: The United Nations or the international community as Israeli territory. Similarly, the population figure below for the Jerusalem District was calculated including East Jerusalem whose annexation by Israel is similarly not recognized by the United Nations and the international community. The Judea and Samaria Area , however, is not included in the number of districts and subdistricts as Israel has not applied its civilian jurisdiction in that part of

190-653: The West Bank . The districts have no elected institutions of any kind, although they do possess councils composed of representatives of central government ministries and local authorities for planning and building purposes. Their administration is undertaken by a District Commissioner appointed by the Minister of the Interior . Each district also has a District Court . Since the District Commissioners are considered part of

209-560: The Caucasus and part from Azerbaijan, and their settlements extend in[to] the Alashgird plain. Some of them are Shujas. They are better agriculturists than the Circassians and Kurds, and good gardeners as well. In Alashgird, there are several large and thriving villages and many Armenians, but the number of these last was reduced during the massacres, and they say that the plain has not yet attained

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228-1082: The Ministry of the Interior's bureaucracy, they can only exercise functions falling within the purview of other ministries if the appropriate Minister authorizes them. This authorization is rarely granted, as other government ministries and institutions (for example, the Ministry of Health and the Police ) establish their own divergent systems of districts. Jerusalem District ( Hebrew : מְחוֹז יְרוּשָׁלַיִם , Mehoz Yerushalayim ) Natural regions: Northern District ( Hebrew : מְחוֹז הַצָּפוּן , Mehoz HaTzafon ) Subdistricts and natural regions: Haifa District ( Hebrew : מְחוֹז חֵיפָה , Mehoz Heifa ) Subdistricts and natural regions: Central District ( מְחוֹז הַמֶּרְכָּז ‎, Mehoz HaMerkaz ) Subdistricts and natural regions: Tel Aviv District ( Hebrew : מְחוֹז תֵּל־אָבִיב , Mehoz Tel Aviv ) Natural regions: Southern District ( Hebrew : מְחוֹז הַדָּרוֹם , Mehoz HaDarom ) Subdistricts and natural regions: Formerly

247-557: The Ottoman Empire, a kaza was originally equivalent to the kadiluk , the district subject to the legal and administrative jurisdiction of a kadi or judge of Islamic law . This usually corresponded to a major city of the empire with its surrounding villages. A small number of kazas made up each sanjak ("banner") under a sanjakbey . Each kaza was in turn made up of one or more nahiyes ("districts") under müdürs and mütesellims and several karyes ("villages") under muhtars . With

266-482: The existing boundaries in place. The figures in this article are based on numbers from the Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics and so include all places under Israeli civilian rule including those Israeli-occupied territories where this is the case. Therefore, Golan Subdistrict and its four natural regions are included in the number of subdistricts and natural regions even though it is not recognized by

285-484: The first round of Tanzimat reforms in 1839, the administrative duties of each district's kadi were transferred to a kaymakam ("governor") appointed by the Ministry of the Interior and a treasurer, with the kadis restricted to solely religious and judicial roles. Kazas were further emended and distinguished from the kadiluks under the 1864 Provincial Reform Law, implemented over the following decade as part of efforts by

304-498: The impossibility of exporting their crops. Two miles south of the village was an Armenian monastery named Surb Daniel which contained the relics of a saint of that name. The district was formerly called Hark' and was part of Historical Armenia 's Turuberan province. The earliest record of Kop is found in the 995 encyclical from Vandir monastery under the name Koghb, which was later distorted. Bulanık means "blurred" in Turkish which

323-603: The late 1920s, when it renamed them subprovinces ( ilçe ). Kaza, qada, etc. is also used to refer to the following: Administrative divisions of Israel There are six main administrative districts of Israel , known in Hebrew as mekhozot ( מְחוֹזוֹת ; sing. מָחוֹז , makhoz ) and in Arabic as mintaqah . There are also 15 subdistricts of Israel, known in Hebrew nafot ( נָפוֹת ; sing. נָפָה , nafa ) and in Arabic as qadaa . Each subdistrict

342-414: The pitch of prosperity which it enjoyed before those events. The town's current mayor is Oğuzhan Ocak. The touristic places in Bulanık are Lake Haçlı , Bilican Mountains and Esenlik Mosque . Historically, Bulanık was known for producing wheat and salt . The demographics of the region fluctuated a lot across history. Turkmen tribes settled in the area after the 1071 Battle of Manzikert . Before

361-559: Was an administrative division of the Ottoman Empire . It is also discussed in English under the names district , subdistrict , and juridical district . Kazas continued to be used by some of the empire's successor states. At present, they are used by Iraq , Lebanon , Jordan , and in Arabic discussion of Israel . In these contexts, they are also known by the Arabic name qada , qadā , or qadaa ( Arabic : قضاء , qaḍāʾ ). In

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