Özalp,_Van

Özalp, Van

Özalp, Van

District and municipality in Van, Turkey

Özalp (Turkish: Özalp), (Kurdish: Qerqelî[2]) is a municipality and district of Van Province, Turkey.[3] Its area is 1,430 km2,[4] and its population is 59,851 (2022).[1]

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In the local elections of March 2019 Yakup Almaç from the Peoples ' Democratic Party was elected mayor(HDP).[5] Abdulkadir Çelik was appointed Kaymakam by president Recep Tayyip Erdoĝan in August 2019.[6] However Almaç was dismissed in November 2019[7] and Çelik appointed as well as the trustee of the municipality of Özalp. Following his appointment as a trustee, he dismissed also 28 municipality workers.[8]

Composition

There are 58 neighbourhoods in Özalp District:[9]

  • Aksorguç
  • Altınboğa
  • Aşağıakçagül
  • Aşağıbalçıklı
  • Aşağıkoçkıran
  • Aşağımollahasan
  • Aşağıtulgalı
  • Aşağıyorganlı
  • Bağrıaçık
  • Bodurağaç
  • Boğazkesen
  • Boyaldı
  • Çamurlu
  • Çavuşlar
  • Çırakköy
  • Çubuklu
  • Cumhuriyet
  • Dağdeviren
  • Damlacık
  • Dönerdere
  • Dorutay
  • Eğribelen
  • Emek
  • Eski Emek
  • Gözdeğmez
  • Gültepe
  • Günyüzlü
  • Hacıali
  • Hacıkışlak
  • Hazine
  • İstasyon
  • Kalecik
  • Kargalı
  • Karlıyamaç
  • Kaşıkara
  • Kırkçalı
  • Mahmudiye
  • Mehmetalan
  • Mollatopuz
  • Oymaklı
  • Sağmalı
  • Sarıköy
  • Savatlı
  • Şehittepe
  • Şemsettin
  • Seydibey
  • Sugeçer
  • Tepedam
  • Yarımkaya
  • Yavuzlar
  • Yukarıayazca
  • Yukarıbalçıklı
  • Yukarıçavdarlık
  • Yukarımollahasan
  • Yukarıtulgalı
  • Yukarıyorganlı
  • Yumruklu
  • Yürkuşak

Climate

Özalp has a dry-summer humid continental climate (Köppen: Dsb),[10] with very warm, dry summers and very cold, snowy winters.[11]

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References

  1. [1]
    "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  2. [2]
    Adem Avcıkıran (2009). Kürtçe Anamnez Anamneza bi Kurmancî (PDF) (in Turkish and Kurdish). p. 57. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  3. [3]
    Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  4. [4]
    "İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri". General Directorate of Mapping. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  5. [5]
    "Van Özalp Seçim Sonuçları - 31 Mart 2019 Yerel Seçimleri". www.sabah.com.tr. Retrieved 2020-05-19.
  6. [6]
    "Kaymakamımız". www.ozalp.gov.tr. Retrieved 2020-05-19.
  7. [7]
    "Co-mayors of Muradiye, Özalp and Başkale arrested". ANF News. Retrieved 2020-05-19.
  8. [8]
    "Trustee dismisses 28 workers in Özalp, Van". ANF News. Retrieved 2020-05-19.
  9. [9]
    Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  10. [10]
    "Table 1 Overview of the Köppen-Geiger climate classes including the defining criteria". Nature: Scientific Data.
  11. [11]
    "Kar Örtülü Gün Sayısı" (PDF). MGM.
  12. [12]
    "World Meteorological Organization Climate Normals for 1991-2020 — Özalp". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved January 17, 2024.


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