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==Government==
==Government==
The current mayor of Batman is Nejdet Atalay.<ref>[http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&langpair=tr|en&u=http://www.batman-bld.gov.tr/meclis-uyeleri/batman-belediye-baskani-nejdet-atalay-kimdir.html Website of Batman mayor Nejdet Atalay] (part of Batman city website, translated by Google)</ref> He was a member of the [[Turkish Kurdistan|Kurdish]] [[Democratic Society Party]] until the [[Constitutional Court of Turkey]] outlawed that party on December 11, 2009 for alleged ties to the [[Kurdistan Workers' Party|PKK]] (a [[terrorism|terrorist]] organization [[List of countries and organizations that list the Kurdistan Workers' Party as a terrorist group|according to a number of nations and organizations]]), banning him and 36 other members of that now-disbanded political party from joining any political party for five years.<ref>Hacaoglu, Selcan (2009-12-11). [http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=9312763 Associated Press article: Turkey Bans Pro-Kurdish Party Over Ties to Rebels]</ref> He is still mayor, but is no longer a member of any political party due to this court decision.
The mayor of Batman is [[Hüseyin Kalkan]], who is a member of the [[Democratic Society Party]].


==Economy==
==Economy==

Revision as of 11:13, 10 April 2010

Batman
Batman Overview
Batman Overview
Official logo of Batman
Coat of Arms of Batman Municipality
Country Turkey
RegionSoutheastern Anatolia
ProvinceBatman
Government
Area
 • Province4,654 km2 (1,797 sq mi)
Elevation
550 m (1,800 ft)
Population
 (2009)
 • Urban
313,355
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
72x xx
Area code0488
Licence plate72
Websitehttp://www.batman-bld.gov.tr/

Batman (short for Batı Raman Mountains[citation needed]) is the provincial capital of Batman Province, Turkey and lies on the Batman River in the [1] southeast of Turkey.

Government

The current mayor of Batman is Nejdet Atalay.[2] He was a member of the Kurdish Democratic Society Party until the Constitutional Court of Turkey outlawed that party on December 11, 2009 for alleged ties to the PKK (a terrorist organization according to a number of nations and organizations), banning him and 36 other members of that now-disbanded political party from joining any political party for five years.[3] He is still mayor, but is no longer a member of any political party due to this court decision.

Economy

Batman Province is an important oil producing area, and Batman has Turkey's oldest refinery, established in 1955. A 494 km (307 mi) long pipeline transports crude oil from Batman to İskenderun. The railway track at nearby Kurtalan connects the city with Istanbul. There is also a regional airport near Batman.

History and demographics

Traditionally and historically this area was populated by Syriac Christians, among them this area had also strong population of Greeks, Assyrians, Jews, and Armenians lived in these areas from 150 BCE right up to the late 19th century when the Ottoman Empire seized all the land from the natives.[4] Until the 1950s, Batman was a small village. When oil companies moved in and the city's economy started to grow, population figures began to rise. Many Turkish workers and state officials settled in the city. Presently the population of Batman faces a high level of unemployment. The city has been pegged to undergo renovations to become a tourist attraction.

Recent clashes

According to the EU-Turkey Civic Commission Submission on Recent Violence, on March 30, 2006, a 3-year-old boy was shot and killed by Turkish Security forces during a police raid on a civilian house in Batman during a series of violent clashes in the Kurdish regions of Turkey.[5]

On November 7, 2008, Batman Mayor Hüseyin Kalkan began looking into the possibility of suing Christopher Nolan, director of Batman Begins and The Dark Knight, and Warner Bros., distributor of the films, claiming the studios had been using "Batman", the name of the superhero, without permission from the city, and "placing the blame for a number of unsolved murders and a high female suicide rate on the psychological impact that the film's success has had on the city's inhabitants." No lawsuit has actually been filed.[6]

References

  1. ^ Turkey does not register ethnicity in census, and there are thus no verifiable official figures. GlobalSecurity.org
  2. ^ Website of Batman mayor Nejdet Atalay (part of Batman city website, translated by Google)
  3. ^ Hacaoglu, Selcan (2009-12-11). Associated Press article: Turkey Bans Pro-Kurdish Party Over Ties to Rebels
  4. ^ Hofmann (ed.), Tessa (2004). Verfolgung, Vertreibung und Vernichtung der Christen im Osmanischen Reich 1912-1922 [Persecution, Expulsion and Annihilation of the Christian Population in the Ottoman Empire 1912-1922]. Münster: LIT. ISBN 3-8258-7823-6. {{cite book}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  5. ^ EU-Turkey Civic Commission Submission on Recent Violence on khrp.org
  6. ^ Jaafar, Ali (2008-11-11). "Bat Spat: Turk kicks Caped Crusader (Mayor of Batman sues WB, Nolan: Southeastern city in Turkey fights for name)". London: Variety. Retrieved 2008-11-21. 'We are only aware of this claim via press reports and have not seen any actual legal action,' a Warner Bros. rep said in a statement. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
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