Özalp, Van

Özalp (Özalp), (Qerqelî ) is a municipality and district of Van Province, Turkey. Its area is 1,430 km2, and its population is 59,851 (2022).

In the local elections of March 2019 Yakup Almaç from the Peoples ' Democratic Party was elected mayor(HDP). Abdulkadir Çelik was appointed Kaymakam by president Recep Tayyip Erdoĝan in August 2019. However Almaç was dismissed in November 2019 and Çelik appointed as well as the trustee of the municipality of Özalp. Following his appointment as a trustee, he dismissed also 28 municipality workers.

Composition
There are 58 neighbourhoods in Özalp District:


 * Aksorguç
 * Altınboğa
 * Aşağıakçagül
 * Aşağıbalçıklı
 * Aşağıkoçkıran
 * Aşağımollahasan
 * Aşağıtulgalı
 * Aşağıyorganlı
 * Bağrıaçık
 * Bodurağaç
 * Boğazkesen
 * Boyaldı
 * Çamurlu
 * Çavuşlar
 * Çırakköy
 * Çubuklu
 * Cumhuriyet
 * Dağdeviren
 * Damlacık
 * Dönerdere
 * Dorutay
 * Eğribelen
 * Emek
 * Eski Emek
 * Gözdeğmez
 * Gültepe
 * Günyüzlü
 * Hacıali
 * Hacıkışlak
 * Hazine
 * İstasyon
 * Kalecik
 * Kargalı
 * Karlıyamaç
 * Kaşıkara
 * Kırkçalı
 * Mahmudiye
 * Mehmetalan
 * Mollatopuz
 * Oymaklı
 * Sağmalı
 * Sarıköy
 * Savatlı
 * Şehittepe
 * Şemsettin
 * Seydibey
 * Sugeçer
 * Tepedam
 * Yarımkaya
 * Yavuzlar
 * Yukarıayazca
 * Yukarıbalçıklı
 * Yukarıçavdarlık
 * Yukarımollahasan
 * Yukarıtulgalı
 * Yukarıyorganlı
 * Yumruklu
 * Yürkuşak

Climate
Özalp has a dry-summer humid continental climate (Köppen: Dsb), with very warm, dry summers and very cold, snowy winters.