Çukurca

Çukurca
Municipality
Çukurca Location in Turkey
Coordinates: 37°14′49″N 43°36′42″E
Country	Turkey
Province	Hakkâri
District	Çukurca
Government
• Mayor	Ensar Dündar (AKP)
Population  (2023)[1]	10,252
Time zone	UTC+3 (TRT)
Website	www.cukurca.bel.tr

Çukurca (Kurdish: Çel, lit. 'ditch, pit, hole, well',^[2][3] Syriac: ܛܝܵܪܹܐ, romanized: Ṭyārē, Lishanid Noshan: גיאלא)^[4] is a municipality (belde) and seat of Çukurca District in Hakkâri Province of Turkey.^[5] The city is populated by Kurds of the Ertoşî and Pinyanişî tribes and had a population of 1,0252 in 2023.^[1][6] The mayor is Ensar Dündar from Justice and Development Party since 2019.^[7]

Neighborhoods

Çukurca is divided into the three neighborhoods of Cumhuriyet, Emirşaban and Yeşilçeşme.^[5]

Jews

Northeastern Jewish Aramaic-speaking Jews lived here historically; most fled during Sayfo, and the last remaining members of the community emigrated to Israel in 1951.^[8]

Population

Population history from 2007 to 2023:^[1]

Population

Year	Pop.	±%
2007	7,033	—
2012	8,247	+17.3%
2017	8,547	+3.6%
2022	7,485	−12.4%
2023	10,252	+37.0%

Climate

Çukurca has a hot-summer subtype (Köppen: Dsa) of the humid continental climate.

Climate data for Çukurca
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	4.1 (39.4)	5.7 (42.3)	10.2 (50.4)	16.0 (60.8)	23.3 (73.9)	29.9 (85.8)	34.5 (94.1)	34.4 (93.9)	30.4 (86.7)	22.6 (72.7)	13.6 (56.5)	6.4 (43.5)	19.3 (66.7)
Daily mean °C (°F)	0.0 (32.0)	1.3 (34.3)	5.5 (41.9)	10.9 (51.6)	17.3 (63.1)	23.0 (73.4)	27.4 (81.3)	27.2 (81.0)	23.1 (73.6)	16.2 (61.2)	8.6 (47.5)	2.5 (36.5)	13.6 (56.5)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	−4.0 (24.8)	−3.0 (26.6)	0.9 (33.6)	5.9 (42.6)	11.3 (52.3)	16.2 (61.2)	20.3 (68.5)	20.0 (68.0)	15.8 (60.4)	9.9 (49.8)	3.7 (38.7)	−1.3 (29.7)	8.0 (46.4)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	111 (4.4)	146 (5.7)	142 (5.6)	131 (5.2)	59 (2.3)	2 (0.1)	1 (0.0)	1 (0.0)	3 (0.1)	41 (1.6)	98 (3.9)	108 (4.3)	843 (33.2)
Source: Climate-Data.org[9]

References

1. "Population Of Municipalities, Villages And Quarters". TÜİK. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
2. Fassberg, Steven E. (2010). The Jewish Neo-Aramaic dialect of Challa. Leiden: Brill. p. 1. ISBN 978-90-04-17682-9. [T]he village is so named because it is located in a geophysical depression
3. "Şemdinli köylerinin Kürtçe, Türkçe ve Eski isimleri". Yüksekova Haber (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 12 April 2024. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
4. Maclean, Arthur John (1895). Grammar of the Dialects of Vernacular Syriac. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 241.
5. "Türkiye Mülki İdare Bölümleri Envanteri". T.C. İçişleri Bakanlığı (in Turkish). Retrieved 19 December 2022.
6. Peter Alfred, Andrews; Benninghaus, Rüdiger, eds. (1989). Ethnic Groups in the Republic of Turkey. p. 215.
7. "Hakkari Çukurca Seçim Sonuçları - 31 Mart 2019 Yerel Seçimleri". www.sabah.com.tr. Retrieved 2019-09-12.
8. Fassberg, Steven E. (2010). The Jewish Neo-Aramaic dialect of Challa. Leiden: Brill. pp. 3–4. ISBN 978-90-04-17682-9.
9. "Climate:Çukurca". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 11 April 2014.