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