Akalın (Yüksekova)
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Province (il) : | Hakkari | |||
District ( ilçe ) : | Yüksekova | |||
Coordinates : | 37 ° 34 ' N , 44 ° 15' E | |||
Height : | 2140 m | |||
Residents : | 914 (2009) | |||
Telephone code : | (+90) | |||
Postal code : | 30300 | |||
License plate : | 30th |
Akalın (Kurd. Bajerge ) is a village in Yüksekova County, Hakkâri Province . It is located in the southeast of Turkey , 3 km west of the county seat. Akalın is located at 2,140 m above sea level on the road between Yüksekova and Hakkâri . The original name was Bajirge.
In 2000 765 people lived here. and in 2009 a total of 914. The Yüksekova City Administration's development plan for 2010–2014 indicates the current number of registered residents as 886.
The village has a primary school. and a cemetery where many so-called martyrs of the PKK were buried. There are also seven members of the Govi tribe who were captured by soldiers in 1996 and then shot.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sevan Nişanyan : Adini unutan Ülke. Türkiye'de Adı Değiştirilen Yerler Sözlüğü. Istanbul 2010, p. 166
- ↑ www.yerelnet.org.tr
- ↑ www.report.tuik.gov.tr ( Memento from March 7, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ http://www.yuksekova.bel.tr/file/stratejik-plan.20100418232920.doc
- ↑ www.yuksekova.meb.gov.tr
- ↑ www.hakkarinews.com
- ↑ Report on mass graves of the IHD ( Memento from March 4, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF file; 331 kB)