Akyaka, Kars

Akyaka
Akyaka Location of Akyaka in Turkey
Coordinates: 40°44′40″N 43°37′30″E / 40.74444°N 43.62500°E / 40.74444; 43.62500Coordinates: 40°44′40″N 43°37′30″E / 40.74444°N 43.62500°E / 40.74444; 43.62500
Country	Turkey
Region	Eastern Anatolia
Province	Kars
Government
• Mayor	Muhammed Toptaş (CHP)
Area^[1]
• District	406.77 km² (157.05 sq mi)
Population (2012)^[2]
• Urban	2,094
• District	11,641
• District density	29/km² (74/sq mi)
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Postal code	36xxx
Area code(s)	+(90)474
Website	www.yerelnet.org.tr

Districts of Kars

Akyaka (Ottoman Turkish: شوره کل‎ Şoregil or Şöregel,^[3] ) is a district of Kars Province in eastern Turkey, and the name of the small town that is the district's administrative capital. It is located at Armenian border of Turkey. The settlement was called Şuregel until 1922 and Kızılçakçak between 1922-1961. It was also a district between 1922-1926, and a township in Arpaçay district between 1926-1988. Akyaka municipality was established in 1972. The population was 2,273 in 2010.

Akyaka is a border checkpoint on the railway into Armenia, which is closed since 1993. The route from Kars runs next to the railway leading to the border.^[4]

References

↑ "Area of regions (including lakes), km²". Regional Statistics Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. 2002. Retrieved 2013-03-05.
↑ "Population of province/district centers and towns/villages by districts - 2012". Address Based Population Registration System (ABPRS) Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. Retrieved 2013-02-27.
↑ Tahir Sezen, Osmanlı Yer Adları (Alfabetik Sırayla)(Kurdish: Şûrêgel‎), , T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, Yayın Nu 21, Ankara, p. 474.
↑ Kanbolat, Hasan (October 9, 2007). "Ermenistan'ın Türkiye ile Sorunu Nedir, Sınır Kapısı Açılmalı mıdır?" (in Turkish). Avrasya Bir Vakfı-Avrasya Stratejik Araştırmalar Merkezi. Retrieved March 15, 2009.

Akyaka, Kars in Kars Province of Turkey

Districts

List of Provinces by Region

Istanbul	Istanbul

West Marmara	Balıkesir Çanakkale Edirne Kırklareli Tekirdağ

Aegean	Afyonkarahisar Aydın Denizli İzmir Kütahya Manisa Muğla Uşak

East Marmara	Bilecik Bolu Bursa Düzce Eskişehir Kocaeli Sakarya Yalova

West Anatolia	Ankara Karaman Konya

Mediterranean	Adana Antalya Burdur Hatay Isparta Kahramanmaraş Mersin Osmaniye

Central Anatolia	Aksaray Kayseri Kırıkkale Kırşehir Nevşehir Niğde Sivas Yozgat

West Black Sea	Amasya Bartın Çankırı Çorum Karabük Kastamonu Samsun Sinop Tokat Zonguldak

East Black Sea	Artvin Giresun Gümüşhane Ordu Rize Trabzon

Northeast Anatolia	Ağrı Ardahan Bayburt Erzincan Erzurum Iğdır Kars

Central East Anatolia	Bingöl Bitlis Elazığ Hakkâri Malatya Muş Tunceli Van

Southeast Anatolia	Adıyaman Batman Diyarbakır Gaziantep Kilis Mardin Siirt Şanlıurfa Şırnak

Metropolitan municipalities are bolded.

Land border crossings of Turkey

Bulgaria	Dereköy (Kırklareli) Hamzabeyli (Edirne) Kapıkule (Edirne)

Greece	Pazarkule (Edirne) Uzunköprü (Edirne) İpsala (Edirne)

Syria	Yayladağı (Hatay) Cilvegözü (Hatay) Öncüpınar (Kilis) Akçakale (Şanlıurfa) Ceylanpınar (Şanlıurfa) Mürşitpınar (Şanlıurfa) Islahiye (Gaziantep) Çobanbey (Gaziantep) Karkamış (Gaziantep) Şenyurt (Mardin) Nusaybin (Mardin) Cizre (Şırnak)

Iraq	Ovaköy (Şırnak) Aktepe (Şırnak) Habur (Şırnak) Üzümlü (Hakkari) Umurlu (Hakkari)

Iran	Esendere (Hakkari) Kapıköy (Van) Gürbulak (Ağrı)

Nakhchivan (Azerbaijan)	Dilucu (Iğdır)

Armenia	Alican (Iğdır) Akyaka (Kars)

Georgia	Aktaş (Ardahan) Türkgözü (Ardahan) Sarp (Artvin)

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