Saray () is a municipality and district of Van Province, Turkey.Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi , Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023. Its area is 872 km2, and its population is 19,471 (2022). The mayor elected in 2019 was Caziye Duman from the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP). She was arrested along with 14 others, many of them from the HDP, on terrorism charges in November 2019 and replaced by a trustee. Security officials accused them of having "been engaged in activities within the terrorist organization's women's field structure."HDP’s Saray District Mayor Caziye Duman Taken into Custody, Bianet, 1 November 2019.Van'ın Saray belediyesine kayyum atandı, BBC News Türkçe, 2 November 2019.
An earthquake in February 2020 shook the region and many villages of the Saray district reported damage.
Composition There are 27 neighbourhoods in Saray District:Mahalle , Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
Atatürk Bakışık Baltepe Beyarslan Çakmakköy Çardak Çaybağı Değirmigöl Dolutaş Feritmelen Kapıköy Karahisar Kargalı Kazımpaşa Kazlıgöl Keçikayası Kekikdüzü Kepir Koçbaşı Kurucan Mahmudiye Örenburç Sırımlı Turanköy Yamanyurt Yeşilağaç Zincirkıran
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