Yüksekova
Yüksekova | |
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Yüksekova in 2011, near the Ihsaniye Mosque and city center | |
| Coordinates: 37°34′08″N 44°16′59″E / 37.569°N 44.283°E | |
| Country | Turkey |
| Province | Hakkâri |
| District | Yüksekova |
| Population (2023) | 84,800 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (TRT) |
Yüksekova (Kurdish: Gever; Syriac: ܓܵܘܵܪ, romanized: Gāwār) is a municipality (belde) in the Yüksekova District of Hakkâri Province in Turkey and is the largest city in the province. The city is populated by Kurds of different tribal backgrounds including non-tribal and is considered part of Turkish Kurdistan. The city also has a large ethnic Turkish population for the region and historically had a large Assyrian Christian population although, the Assyrian share of the population used to be much larger than it is today due to the Ottoman Empire's genocide of Assyrian Christians. Yüksekova had a population of 84,800 in 2023.
Remziye Yaşar (Peoples' Democratic Party) was elected mayor in 2019. She was arrested in October 2019 over terrorism-related charges and replaced by a trustee appointed by the central government.