İpekyolu is a municipality and district of Van Province, Turkey.

[4][5] It covers the central and eastern part of the agglomeration of Van and the adjacent countryside.

On 30 March 2014, Aygül Bidav from the Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) was elected the first mayor of İpekyolu.

[7] In the local elections in March 2019 Azim Yacan from the Peoples Democratic Party (HDP) became Mayor.

In November 2019, Yacan and Kurt were arrested accused of being a member of a terrorist organization and a trustee was appointed.