Şanlıurfa (electoral district)

Şanlıurfa
electoral district for the Grand National Assembly of Turkey
Şanlıurfa shown within Turkey
Province	Şanlıurfa
Electorate	849,100
Current electoral district
Created	1923
Seats	12 Historical 11 (1999-2011) 9 (1995-1999) 8 (1991-1995) 7 (1987-1991) 5 (1983-1987) 7 (1973-1983) 6 (1969-1973) 7 (1961-1969) 9 (1957-1961) 8 (1954-1957)
MPs	List Faruk Çelik Ak Parti Seyit Eyyüpoğlu Ak Parti Mehmet Kasım Gülpınar Ak Parti Mehmet Akyürek Ak Parti Zeynep Armağan Uslu Ak Parti Halil Özcan Ak Parti Mahmur Kaçar Ak Parti Abdulkadir Emin Önen Ak Parti Yahya Akman Ak Parti Abdulkerim Gök Ak Parti İbrahim Ayhan BDP İbrahim Binici BDP
Turnout at last election	82.14%
Representation
AK Party	7 / 12
HDP	5 / 12
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Şanlıurfa is an electoral district of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. It elects twelve members of parliament (deputies) to represent the province of the same name for a four-year term by the D'Hondt method, a party-list proportional representation system.

Population reviews of each electoral district are conducted before each general election, which can lead to certain districts being granted a smaller or greater number of parliamentary seats. Şanlıurfa is one of the largest in southeast Turkey, sending twelve members to Ankara.

The overwhelming majority of members are from the governing party. Şanlıurfa is a district where the pro-Kurdish Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) ran independent candidates in an attempt to overcome the 10 percent national electoral threshold. One such independent candidates was elected here in 2011 and has joined the BDP; another independent candidate was also elected.

Coordinates: 37°15′N 39°00′E / 37.250°N 39.000°E / 37.250; 39.000