Akçakale Explained
| Type: | metro district |
| Akçakale |
| Coordinates: | 36.7108°N 38.9478°W |
| Province: | Şanlıurfa |
| Leader Party: | AKP |
| Leader Name: | Mehmet Yalçınkaya |
| Area Total Km2: | 1038 |
| Elevation M: | 360 |
| Population Total: | 123721 |
| Population As Of: | 2022 |
| Postal Code: | 63500 |
| Area Code: | 0414 |
Akçakale (Arabic: أقجة قلعة) is a municipality and district of Şanlıurfa Province, Turkey.[1] Its area is 1,038 km2,[2] and its population is 123,721 (2022).[3]
Akçakale forms a divided city with Tell Abyad in Syria, maintaining a border crossing. The Mayor is Mehmet Yalçınkaya (AKP).[4] The current District Governor is Onur Şan.[5]
Syrian Civil War
See main article: article and Syrian–Turkish border clashes during the Syrian Civil War. On October 3, 2012, Akçakale was hit by shells from across the Syrian border in Tell Abyad, killing five civilians.[6] [7] In October 2014, there was an Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant presence in the town, due to the porous nature of the border at that time between Akçakale and Tell Abyad, which was then part of the Islamic State.[8]
Geography
There are 120 neighbourhoods in Akçakale District:[9]
- Acıkuyu
- Adnan Menderes
- Akbilek
- Akçaköy
- Akçalı
- Akdiken
- Akkeçi
- Aksahrınç
- Alatlar
- Alıncak
- Arıcan
- Aşağı Beğdeş
- Aşağı Çinpolat
- Aşağıderen
- Aslanlı
- Atatürk
- Aydınlı
- Ayranlı
- Ayyıldız
- Baykuş
- Bilece
- Bolatlar
- Boybeyi
- Buket
- Bulutlu
- Büyücek
- Büyük Naneli
- Büyüktaş
- Büyüktokaç
- Çakırlar
- Cevher
- Ceylanlı
- Çokalan
- Çömlekçi
- Çukurca
- Deniz
- Dibek
- Donandı
- Dorumali
- Düzce
- Edebey
- Eke
- Ekinyazı
- Erdemler
- Erecek
- Fatih Sultan Mehmet
- Fevzi Çakmak
- Fişenge
- Geçittepe
- Gölbaşı
- Gülveren
- Gündaş
- Güneren
- Güvenç
- Hacıekber
- Hürriyet
- İkizce
- İncedere
- Karatepe
- Kayaca
- Kayalık
- Keçili
- Kelebek
- Kepezli
- Kılıçlı
- Kırmıtlı
- Koruklu
- Köseören
- Küçük Hacıekber
- Kurudere
- Mavitaş
- Menzil
- Mermer
- Milköy
- Narlıova
- Nimet
- Nusretiye
- Ohali
- Okaylar
- Öncül
- Onortak
- Ortaderen
- Ortaören
- Osmanlı
- Pekmezli
- Şahinler
- Şahinsoylu
- Sakça
- Salihler
- Şanlı
- Şefkat
- Şehitnusretbey
- Sevimli
- Seyrantepe
- Sınırgören
- Süleymanşah
- Taşkınlar
- Tatlıca
- Topçu
- Turgut Özal
- Tuzluca
- Uğraklı
- Uğurhan
- Uğurtaş
- Vize
- Yağmuralan
- Yalınlı
- Yazlıca
- Yediyol
- Yeni
- Yenişehir
- Yeşerti
- Yukarı Beğdeş
- Yukarı Çinpolat
- Yukarı Çukurca
- Yukarıderen
- Yusufbey
- Zenginova
- Zeytindalı
- Zorlu
Akçakale is at the southern end of the State road D.885.
Climate
Akçakale has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen climate classification: BSh).
Sport
The Akçakale Belediyespor plays in the Akçakale Ilçe Stadium and competes currently in the Turkish amateur league.[10]
Notes and References
- https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi
- Web site: İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri. General Directorate of Mapping. 19 September 2023.
- Web site: Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports. 19 September 2023. TÜİK. en. XLS.
- Web site: Şanlıurfa Akçakale Seçim Sonuçları – Akçakale Yerel Seçim Sonuçları. Şafak. Yeni. 2019-07-11. Yeni Şafak. tr-TR. 2019-11-08.
- Web site: Akçakale Kaymakamlığı. www.akcakale.gov.tr. 10 October 2023.
- http://www.lefigaro.fr/international/2012/10/03/01003-20121003ARTFIG00707-crispation-apres-des-tirs-d-obus-syriens-en-turquie.php La Turquie riposte après des tirs d'obus syriens sur son sol
- News: Turkey hits targets inside Syria after border deaths. 3 October 2012. BBC News. 4 October 2012.
- Web site: No-one here trusts anyone anymore: Inside an Islamic State stronghold. . Khalel, Sheren. Vickery, Matthew. 25 October 2014.
- https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx Mahalle
- Web site: Akçakale Belediyespor Kulüp bilgileri AmatorFutbol.Org. www.amatorfutbol.org. 2020-03-15.
