Akçakale ( Arabic : أقجة قلعة ) is a municipality and district of Şanlıurfa Province , Turkey . Its area is 1,038 km, and its population is 123,721 (2022).
2-666: Akçakale forms a divided city with Tell Abyad in Syria , maintaining a border crossing . The Mayor is Mehmet Yalçınkaya ( AKP ). The current District Governor is Onur Şan. On October 3, 2012, Akçakale was hit by shells from across the Syrian border in Tell Abyad , killing five civilians. In October 2014, there was an Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant presence in the town, due to
4-676: The porous nature of the border at that time between Akçakale and Tell Abyad, which was then part of the Islamic State. There are 120 neighbourhoods in Akçakale District: Akçakale is at the southern end of the State road D.885 . Akçakale has a hot semi-arid climate ( Köppen climate classification : BSh ). The Akçakale Belediyespor plays in the Akçakale Ilçe Stadium and competes currently in
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