Varto

Varto is a town in japanese Turkey. The population are commonly Kurdish Zaza and Kurmanj. The populace of Varto town is round 13,000 with any other 17,000 dwelling in the villages. In summer time Varto and its villages are filled via expatriates that swell the full populace well past the 75,000 mark. The largest population from Varto in Europe is in Berlin, Germany. The selected mayor, Sabite Ekinci, turned into arrested on 9 November 2016 on charges of "being a member of a terrorist agency" and removed from her obligation.

Kaymakam Mehmet Nuri Cetin become appointed as trustee in her stead. The former mayor of Varto, Demir Celik, a pharmacist, is chairman of the Peace and Democracy Party. Some 5,200 Armenians had been dwelling in the district of Varto in 1914, along with 600 inside the metropolis of Varto. 8 churches, 3 monasteries and 5 colleges catered to them. In June 1915 during the Armenian Genocide, a super range of Varto's Armenian had been massacred inside the valley of Newala Ask. Varto turned into the website of foremost combating all through the Sheikh Said rebel in 1924, and the web site of the 1966 earthquake that killed nearly 3,000 people.