Kocatepe, Nizip

Kocatepe
Neighbourhood
Kocatepe Location in Turkey
Coordinates: 37°2′27″N37°41′31″E / 37.04083°N 37.69194°E / 37.04083; 37.69194
Country	Turkey
Province	Gaziantep
District	Nizip
Population  (2022)	1,216
Time zone	UTC+3 (TRT)

Kocatepe, historically Tilfar ^[1] (lit. 'mouse's tell'), is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of Nizip, Gaziantep Province, Turkey. ^[2] Its population is 1,216 (2022). ^[3] Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town ( belde ). ^{[4] [5]}

It is populated by Turkmens of the Barak tribe. ^[6]

References

1. Köy envanter etüdlerine göre Gaziantep. Vol. 27. Köy İşleri Bakanlığı. 1967. p. 136.
2. Mahalle Archived 2023-03-06 at the Wayback Machine , Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
3. "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). TÜİK . Retrieved 12 July 2023.
4. "Law No. 6360". Official Gazette (in Turkish). 6 December 2012.
5. "Classification tables of municipalities and their affiliates and local administrative units" (DOC). Official Gazette (in Turkish). 12 September 2010.
6. "Barak Türkmen Aşiretleri" (in Turkish). 8 January 2016. Archived from the original on 27 December 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2023.