Eyyübiye is a municipality and district of Şanlıurfa Province, Turkey.[2] Its area is 1,626 km2,[3] and its population is 391,795 (2022).[1] The district Eyyübiye was created at the 2013 reorganisation from part of the former central district of Şanlıurfa Province, along with the new districts Haliliye and Karaköprü.[4][5] It covers the central and southern part of the agglomeration of Şanlıurfa and the adjacent countryside. In the local elections of 31 March 2019, Mehmet Kuş (AKP) was elected mayor.[6] Mustafa Hamit Kıyıcı is the appointed district governor.[7]
Demography
A 2018 survey on first language conducted by the municipality showed that 56.8% of the district spoke Kurdish as their first language, followed by Arabic at 38.9% and Turkish at 4.3%.[8]
