Akçakale

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Akçakale
Akçakale town
Akçakale
Coordinates: 36°42′39″N 38°56′52″E / 36.71083°N 38.94778°E / 36.71083; 38.94778Coordinates: 36°42′39″N 38°56′52″E / 36.71083°N 38.94778°E / 36.71083; 38.94778
Country	Turkey
Province	Şanlıurfa
Government
• Mayor	Mehmet Yalçınkaya (AKP)
• Kaymakam	Hamza Özer
Area [1]
• District	690.86 km2 (266.74 sq mi)
Elevation	360 m (1,180 ft)
Population  (2012)[2]
• Urban	28,684
• District	91,731
• District density	130/km2 (340/sq mi)
Website	www.akcakale.bel.tr

Akçakale (Arabic: تل أبيض; 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).^[3] The current District Governor is Hamza Özer.^[4]

Border towns of Akçakale in Turkey and Tal Abyad in Syria.

Syrian Civil War[]

On October 3, 2012, Akçakale was hit by shells from across the Syrian border in Tell Abyad, killing five civilians.^[5][6] In October 2014, there was an Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant presence in the town, due to the porous nature of the border at that time between Akçakale and Tell Abyad, which was then part of the Islamic State.^[7] When Tell Abyad was taken by the Kurdish-majority People's Protection Units in June 2015, the Turkish government then closed the border.

Transportation[]

Akçakale is at the southern end of the highway.

Sport[]

The Akçakale Belediyespor plays in the Akçakale Ilçe Stadium and competes currently in the Turkish amateur league.^[8]

Climate[]

Akçakale has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification: Csa).

References[]

Districts of Şanlıurfa