Bismil () is a municipality and district of Diyarbakır Province, Turkey. Its area is 1,679km2, and its population is 118,698 (2022). The district was established on 4 January 1936.

Neighborhoods

There are 122 neighbourhoods in Bismil District:

• Ağılköy

• Ağıllı

• Ahmetli

• Akbaş

• Akçay

• Akköy

• Akpınar

• Alibey

• Alıncak

• Altıok

• Aluç

• Ambar

• Aralık

• Arapkent

• Arıkgöl

• Aşağıdolay

• Aşağıoba

• Aslanoğlu

• Ataköy

• Aygeçti

• Babahaki

• Bademli

• Baharlı

• Bahçe

• Balcılar

• Başhan

• Başköy

• Başören

• Belli

• Bölümlü

• Boyacı

• Bozçalı

• Çakallı

• Çakıllı

• Çatalköy

• Çavuşlu

• Çeltikli

• Çölağan

• Çöltepe

• Çorapa

• Derbent

• Dicle

• Doruk

• Dumlupınar

• Eliaçık

• Erler

• Esentepe

• Fatih

• Fırat

• Gedikbaşı

• Göksu

• Güngeçti

• Güroluk

• Güzelköy

• Harmanlı

• Hasanpınar

• İsalı

• İsapınar

• Işıklar

• Kağıtlı

• Kamberli

• Kamışlı

• Karabörk

• Karacık

• Karaçölya

• Karagöz

• Karapınar

• Karatepe

• Karayiğit

• Kavuşak

• Kayıköy

• Kazancı

• Keberli

• Kılavuztepe

• Koğuk

• Kopmaz

• Köprüköy

• Kopuzlu

• Korukçu

• Köseli

• Koyunlu

• Kumrulu

• Kurtuluş

• Kurudeğirmen

• Kurudere

• Merdan

• Meydanlık

• Mirzabey

• Obalı

• Ofköy

• Oğuzlar

• Pınarbaşı

• Şahintepe

• Sanayi

• Sarıköy

• Sarıtoprak

• Sazlı

• Seki

• Şentepe

• Serçeler

• Seyit Hasan

• Seyrantepe

• Sinanköy

• Tatlıçayır

• Tekel

• Tepe

• Tepecik

• Tilkilik

• Topraklı

• Türkmenhacı

• Üçtepe

• Uğrak

• Uğurlu

• Ulutürk

• Uyanık

• Yağmurköy

• Yamaçköy

• Yasince

• Yenice

• Yukarıdolay

• Yukarıharım

• Yukarısalat

The pre-2013 municipality was divided into the neighborhoods of Akpınar, Altıok, Dicle, Dumlupınar, Esentepe, Fatih, Fırat, Kurtuluş, Sanayi, Seyrantepe, Şentepe, Tekel and Ulutürk.

History

On the Körtik hill exists an archeological site.

Politics

In the elections on the 31 March 2019 Orhan Ayaz from the Peoples' Democratic Party was elected as Mayor. But in October he got dismissed due to an investigation. A trustee was appointed instead.

Notable people

• Özz Nûjen, comedian born in Bismil who later moved to Sweden

• Mehmet Mehdi Eker, former Minister of Food, Agriculture and Livestock

• Azize Tanrıkulu, Turkish taekwondo athlete

References