Özet:

In this study, the population development of the Ahlat District, as well as the current characteristics of the district population, has been discussed. The most recent statistical information has been used for the study of the population characteristics of the district. Between 1927 and 2014, the population of Ahlat County rose from 8357 to 38121. That is, the district population has increased by 356 percent (4.6 times) in 87 years. If we consider that the country’s population increased by 451 per cent in the same period, we see that the population growth in Ahlat is slower than the country’s overall. The most important reason for the population growth in the district where the birth rate (in the past and today) is higher than the country’s overall population growth is the expatriation from the district to the outside. In the study, the expatriates from the district to the outside were examined while using the data of Bitlis Illi. The proportion of young people in Ahlat, where the gender rate is high in all periods of counting, is high. In fact, the district’s children’s population (0-14) accounts for approximately 36.6% of the total population. The proportion of the population in the working age in the district is 58.4%, while the proportion of the elderly population is 5%. The proportion of dependent population in the district where the children's population and the elderly population make up a significant part of the total population is quite high (71.3%). The dependency rate of dependent population means that the burden on the working population in the district is more. Today in Ahlat, the reading and writing rate of the population over the age of 6 is close to the country’s average (the country’s average: 903.6 % according to 2013 data Ahlat average: 92 %). However, in the province these rates vary according to gender and the average reading rate in men is 4 percent lower than in women. In 2014 the population intensity in Turkey was 95 while this value was quite low in Ahlat and 37 in Turkey. As of 2014, 58.2% of the province’s population lives in Ahlat City, while the rest of the population lives in rural settlements. The towns, the towns, the towns, the towns, the towns, the towns, the towns, the towns, the towns, the towns, the towns, the towns, the towns, the towns, the towns, the towns, the towns, the towns, the towns, the towns, the towns, and the towns. In the district where the working population is concentrated in the agricultural sector (69) the services and industrial sectors have not been sufficiently developed. It is necessary to improve education services in the Ahlat district, which today has a very young population, and to increase employment opportunities. If the young population is well educated and the employment rate increases, human resources will provide the necessary contribution to the local and country economy. There will be an increase in employment in the district of educational institutions (including professional educational institutions primarily) in the event of the necessary infrastructure investments for tourism and manufacturing sectors. Otherwise, the current youth human resources will not be expected to make a significant contribution to the local and country economy.

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