Çukurca

Çukurca (Çel,, גיאלא) is a municipality (belde) and seat of Çukurca District in Hakkâri Province of Turkey. The city is populated by Kurds 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
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.

Population
Population history from 2007 to 2023:

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