Çukurca
| Çukurca | ||||
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| Basic data | ||||
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| Province (il) : | Hakkari | |||
| Coordinates : | 37 ° 15 ' N , 43 ° 37' E | |||
| Height : | 1285 m | |||
| Surface: | 480 km² | |||
| Residents : | 9,597 (2018) | |||
| Population density : | 20 inhabitants per km² | |||
| Telephone code : | (+90) | |||
| Postal code : | 30 700 | |||
| License plate : | 30th | |||
| Structure and administration (as of 2019) | ||||
| Structure : | 3 malls | |||
| Mayor : | Ensar Dündar ( AKP ) | |||
| Website: | ||||
| Çukurca County | ||||
| Residents : | 17,216 (2018) | |||
| Surface: | 725 km² | |||
| Population density : | 24 inhabitants per km² | |||
| Kaymakam : | Temel Ayca | |||
| Website (Kaymakam): | ||||
Çukurca ( Kurdish : Çelê ) is a city and a district in the Turkish province of Hakkari in southeastern Turkey . The city is located about 35 kilometers south of the provincial capital Hakkâri . The original name of Çukurca was Çal.
The district of Çukurca is located in the west of the province and borders in the north on the central district ( Merkez ) and in the southeast on the district Yüksekova . In the west he has the province of Şırnak as a neighbor, in the south Iraq .
Çukurca has been a district since 1953 and, in addition to the district town, consists of eight villages ( Köy ) with an average of 952 residents. Three of the villages have more than a thousand inhabitants: Çığlı (2,367), Gündeş (2,356) and Üzümlü (1,601 pop.). With 24 inhabitants per square kilometer, the district has the lowest population density .
history
On the morning of October 19, 2011, the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) attacked a Turkish military post in Çukurca on the Iraqi border in the wake of the Turkey-PKK conflict, killing 24 soldiers and wounding 18. The attack was the most loss-making for the Turkish army since 1993. As a direct reaction, Turkish commandos invaded northern Iraq in battalion strength .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Türkiye Nüfusu İl ilçe Mahalle Köy Nüfusları , accessed on June 24, 2019
- ↑ Tahir Sezen: Osmanlı Yer Adları . Series of publications by the State Archives of the Prime Minister's Office, Ankara 2006, p. 135.
- ^ Turkish troops in Northern Iraq ( Memento from September 28, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Turkish troops invade northern Iraq ( Memento from September 30, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
