Özalp () is a municipality and district of Van Province, Turkey.Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023. 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:Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
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.
See also
Muğlalı incident
References