Çukurca (, , ) is a municipality (

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) and seat of

Çukurca District Çukurca District is a district in the Hakkâri Province of Turkey. The district had a population of 17,734 in 2023 with the town of Çukurca as its seat. Its area is 725 km2. And Çukurca has border with iraqi Kurdistan at the south point o ...

Hakkâri Province Hakkâri Province (, ; ), is a province in the southeast of Turkey. The administrative centre is the city of Hakkâri. Its area is 7,095 km2, and its population is 287,625 (2023). The current Governor is Ali Çelik. The province encompasses ...

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. The city is populated by

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of the Ertoşî and Pinyanişî tribes and had a population of 1,0252 in 2023. The mayor is Ensar Dündar from Justice and Development Party since 2019.

Neighborhoods

Çukurca is divided into the three neighborhoods of Cumhuriyet, Emirşaban and Yeşilçeşme.

Jews

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-speaking

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lived here historically; most fled during

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, and the last remaining members of the community

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in 1951.

Population

Population history from 2007 to 2023:

Climate

Çukurca has a hot-summer subtype (

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: ''Dsa'') of the humid continental climate.

References

Populated places in Hakkâri Province Kurdish settlements in Hakkâri Province Çukurca District District municipalities in Turkey Former Jewish communities in Turkey {{Hakkari-geo-stub