Akçalı, Hakkâri

Akçalı (Kurdish: Gezne,[2] Syriac: Geznā[3]) is a village in the central district of Hakkâri Province in Turkey.

[4] The village is populated by Kurds of the Pinyanişî tribe and had a population of 704 in 2023.

[1][5] The hamlets of Eğercik (Palanis), Kanatlı (Reşankê) and Yeniyol (Brîman) are attached to Akçalı.

[2][4] George Percy Badger noted during his visit to the region in 1850 that the village had a population of 90 Assyrian families, while Edward Lewes Cutts deemed the village to be populated by Kurds in 1877.

[3] Population history from 1997 to 2023:[6][1]