Özalp, Van

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]

Özalp
District and municipality
Map showing Özalp District in Van Province
Map showing Özalp District in Van Province
Özalp is located in Turkey
Özalp
Özalp
Location in Turkey
Coordinates: 38°39′30″N 43°59′22″E
CountryTurkey
ProvinceVan
Area
1,430 km2 (550 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)[1]
59,851
 • Density42/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zoneTRT (UTC+3)
Postal code
65800
Area code0432
Websitewww.ozalp.bel.tr

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

References
  1. "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  2. Adem Avcıkıran (2009). Kürtçe Anamnez Anamneza bi Kurmancî (PDF) (in Turkish and Kurdish). p. 57. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  3. Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  4. "İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri". General Directorate of Mapping. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  5. "Van Özalp Seçim Sonuçları - 31 Mart 2019 Yerel Seçimleri". www.sabah.com.tr. Retrieved 2020-05-19.
  6. "Kaymakamımız". www.ozalp.gov.tr. Retrieved 2020-05-19.
  7. "Co-mayors of Muradiye, Özalp and Başkale arrested". ANF News. Retrieved 2020-05-19.
  8. "Trustee dismisses 28 workers in Özalp, Van". ANF News. Retrieved 2020-05-19.
  9. Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.


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