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Özalp, Van
District and municipality in Van, Turkey From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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]
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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
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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
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