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Revision as of 13:49, 23 March 2020
Akçakale | |
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 Akçakale town | |
  Akçakale | |
| Coordinates: 36°42′39″N 38°56′52″E / 36.71083°N 38.94778°E | |
| Country |  Turkey |
| Province | Şanlıurfa |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Mehmet Yalçınkaya (AKP) |
| • Kaymakam | Hamza Özer |
| Area | |
| • District | 690.86 km2 (266.74 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 360 m (1,180 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Urban | Template:Turkey district populations |
| • District | Template:Turkey district populations |
| Website | www.akcakale.bel.tr |
Akçakale (Template:Lang-ar; Tal Abyaḍ) is an ethnic Arab town and a district of Şanlıurfa Province, in southeastern Turkey.
Akçakale forms a divided city with Tell Abyad in Syria, maintaining a border crossing. The Mayor is Mehmet Yalçınkaya (AKP).[2] The current District Governor is Hamza Özer.[3]
Syrian Civil War
On October 3, 2012, Akçakale was hit by shells from across the Syrian border in Tell Abyad, killing five civilians.[4][5] In October 2014, reporters for the Sunday Herald newspaper in Scotland, Sheren Khalel and Matthew Vickery, documented self-proclaimed Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant presence in the town, due to the porous nature of the border between the Turkish border town and Tell Abyad, which has been under ISIS control[6] until June 15, 2015, when the city was retaken by Kurdish People's Protection Units.
Transportation
Akçakale is at the southern end of the highway TUR-D-885.
Sport
The Akçakale Belediyespor plays in the Akçakale Ilçe Stadium and competes currently in the Turkish amateur liga.[7]
Climate
Akçakale has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification: Csa).
| Climate data for Akçakale | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 10 (50) |
13 (55) |
17 (62) |
23 (73) |
29 (84) |
35 (95) |
39 (102) |
38 (100) |
35 (95) |
27 (80) |
19 (66) |
12 (53) |
24 (75) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 1 (33) |
2 (35) |
5 (41) |
9 (48) |
13 (55) |
18 (64) |
21 (69) |
20 (68) |
16 (60) |
11 (51) |
5 (41) |
2 (35) |
10 (50) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 91 (3.6) |
69 (2.7) |
69 (2.7) |
48 (1.9) |
25 (1) |
2.5 (0.1) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
23 (0.9) |
43 (1.7) |
79 (3.1) |
450 (17.8) |
| Source: Weatherbase[8] | |||||||||||||
References
- ^ "Area of regions (including lakes), km²". Regional Statistics Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. 2002. Retrieved 2013-03-05.
- ^ Şafak, Yeni (2019-07-11). "Şanlıurfa Akçakale Seçim Sonuçları – Akçakale Yerel Seçim Sonuçları". Yeni Şafak (in Turkish). Retrieved 2019-11-08.
- ^ "Akçakale Kaymakamlığı". www.akcakale.gov.tr. Retrieved 2019-11-08.
- ^ La Turquie riposte après des tirs d'obus syriens sur son sol, Le Figaro, 04/10/2012
- ^ "Turkey hits targets inside Syria after border deaths". BBC News. 4 October 2012. Retrieved 3 October 2012.
- ^ Khalel, Sheren; Vickery, Matthew (25 October 2014). "No-one here trusts anyone anymore: Inside an Islamic State stronghold". Sunday Herald.
- ^ "Akçakale Belediyespor | Kulüp bilgileri | AmatorFutbol.Org". www.amatorfutbol.org. Retrieved 2020-03-15.
- ^ "Weatherbase: Historical Weather for Akcakale, Turkey". Weatherbase. 2011. Retrieved on 24 November 2011.
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