Konur

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Konur
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Konur (Turkey)
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Basic data
Province (il) : Hakkari
District ( ilçe ) : Şemdinli
Coordinates : 37 ° 16 '  N , 44 ° 21'  E Coordinates: 37 ° 15 '42 "  N , 44 ° 20' 33"  E
Height : 1287  m
Residents : 1,143 (2012)
Telephone code : (+90)
Postal code : 30800
License plate : 30th
Structure and administration
Muhtar : Cevher Çalışkan
Template: Infobox Location in Turkey / Maintenance / District Without Inhabitants Or Area

Konur (kurd. Nixayila ) is a village in Şemdinli County, Hakkâri Province . It is located in the southeast of Turkey . Konur is located at 1,300 m above sea ​​level , 45 km west of the district town. A primary school belongs to the village. The roads to the village are unpaved and the electricity supply is unreliable.

In 2000 818 people lived here, in 2012 a total of 1143. In the vicinity of the village there are repeated clashes between security forces and the guerrilla forces of the Kurdistan Workers' Party . In September 1992, 22 soldiers were killed in an attack by the PKK. In October 2008 the PKK attacked the Aktütün (Kurd. Bezele ) border guard . 38 people, including 23 attackers, were killed. The hamlet Aktütün (Turkish Aktütün Mezrası ) belongs administratively to Konur.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Turkish Institute for Statistics ( Memento from April 18, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ), accessed February 15, 2013
  2. www.yerelnet.org.tr
  3. www.haberaktuel.com
  4. www.sueddeutsche.de